衛 — Chinese character
衛
wèi
to guard, to protect, to defend
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 144 ⾏ (Walk Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 行 韋
- Formation
- pictophonetic — step; meaning component 行; sound component 韋
- Simplified
- 卫
- Japanese
- 衛 as a kanji
衛 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 10 · Zhuangzi 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
- Hexagram 26
- Mencius 4B.24
- Mencius 4B.31
- Mencius 5A.8
- Mencius 5B.4
- Zhuangzi On Swords
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