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衛

JLPT N1 SL5 16 strokes Frequency: #400

Meanings

Defense, Protection

Radicals

行

Decomposition

⿻行韋

Etymology

Pictophonetic: step

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 corner left-to-right

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal right-to-left

15 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

16 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

エイ ei

エ e

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

249 words total

Other (20 words)

警衛けいえい

guard

護衛ごえい

guard

護衛艦ごえいかん

escort vessel

公衆衛生こうしゅうえいせい

public health

侍衛じえい

bodyguard

侍衛長じえいちょう

captain of the guard

自衛隊じえいたい

Japan Self-Defense Forces

自衛じえい

self-defense

守衛しゅえい

(security) guard

親衛しんえい

monarch's guards

人工衛星じんこうえいせい

artificial satellite

正当防衛せいとうぼうえい

legitimate self-defence

精神衛生せいしんえいせい

mental health

静止衛星せいしえいせい

geostationary satellite

前衛戦ぜんえいせん

skirmish

前衛ぜんえい

advance guard

通信衛星つうしんえいせい

communication satellite

偵察衛星ていさつえいせい

reconnaissance satellite

土左衛門どざえもん

drowned body of a person

共同防衛きょうどうぼうえい

joint defense

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