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wèi(wei4) // pronunciation of 卫 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 卫

Unihan definition: guard, protect, defend

Number of strokes: 3
Examples of other characters consisting of 3 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  5.2

HSK level: 4
Other HSK 4 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 4 charaters »

Frequency rank: 669

General standard index number: 0065

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 世卫, 中卫, 侍卫, 保卫, 仪卫, 前卫, 大卫, 守卫, 厨卫, 后卫, 拱卫, 捍卫, 殿卫, 环卫, 精卫, 自卫, 卫兵, 卫冕, 卫国, 卫国, 卫城, 卫报, 卫士, 卫尉, 卫星

English translation (based on CEDICT):

衛|卫[Wèi]:
- surname Wei
- vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces
衛|卫[wèi]:
- to guard
- to protect
- to defend
- abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
- health
- abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet

Details

Unicode code point: U+536B

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