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U+885B, 衛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885B

[U+885A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+885C]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 144, +9 in Chinese, 行+10 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹人木手弓 (HODQN), four-corner 21221 or 21506, composition or )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34073
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 845, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+885B
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷads): semantic + phonetic (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. to guard; to protect; to defend
  2. security guard
  3. (~國) the State of Wey during the Zhou dynasty, located in modern-day northeastern Henan province
  4. short for 衛生卫生 (wèishēng, “hygiene; health”)
  5. short for 衛生間卫生间 (wèishēngjiān, “toilet; bathroom”)
  6. (astronomy) satellite (in satellite names)
       wèiliù   Titan
  7. a surname
       Wèi Lìhuáng   Wei Lihuang (Chinese general who served the Nationalist government)

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. defense
  2. protection

Readings

  • Go-on: (e) (we, historical)
  • Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)ゑい (wei, historical)
  • Kun: まもる (mamoru, 衛る)
  • Nanori: まもる (mamoru)

Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese (MC hjwejH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

(えい) (ei) ゑい (wei)?

  1. defend; protect; guard

Proper noun

(えい) (Ei) ゑい (Wei)?

  1. (historical) Wey (state)

Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese (MC hjwejH).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

() (e)  (we)?

  1. (rare) defend; protect; guard

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

(まもる) (Mamoru) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 지킬 (jikil wi))

  1. hanja form? of (protection)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

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