衞 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading

막을 위, 지킬 위, 핏기운 위, 나라이름 위

Romanization

wi

English

guard, protect, defend

Mandarin

wèi

Japanese on'yomi

エイ, エ, エツ, エチ

Japanese kun'yomi

まも.る

Japanese usage

Jinmeiyō kanji

Japanese standard form

衛 (Grade 5)

Strokes

16

Radical

行 (144, 10 residual)

Unicode

U+885E