Chinese symbol for “acropolis”
卫城
wèi chéng
Traditional: 衛城
citadel; defensive city; acropolis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acropolis is 卫城 (wèi chéng), defined as: citadel; defensive city; acropolis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卫城.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卫生 (衛生) | wèi shēng | hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation |
| 卫星 (衛星) | wèi xīng | (aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon |
| 保卫 (保衛) | bǎo wèi | to defend; to safeguard |
| 捍卫 (捍衛) | hàn wèi | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard |
| 卫视 (衛視) | wèi shì | satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视 (wèi xīng diàn shì)) |
| 防卫 (防衛) | fáng wèi | to defend; defensive |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acropolis”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.