衛 — defense, protection

えい衛 defense

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+885B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #400 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1775 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

defense
protection

word

えい ei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

衛(えい) ei defense 自(じ) 衛(えい) 隊(たい) jieitai Self-Defense Forces 防(ぼう) 衛(えい) bouei defense 衛(えい) 生(せい) eisei hygiene 衛(えい) 星(せい) eisei satellite 自(じ) 衛(えい) jiei self-defense 護(ご) 衛(えい) goei guard 前(ぜん) 衛(えい) zenei vanguard

え e On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

兵(ひょう) 衛(え) hyoue palace guard

Appears in idioms

正当防衛四字熟語

correct, hit, ward off, defense

過剰防衛四字熟語

overdo, surplus, ward off, defense

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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