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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)

防衛部長ぼうえいぶちょう

assistant chief of staff, g3

防衛ぼうえい

defense

防衛庁長官ぼうえいちょうちょうかん

Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)

飲ん兵衛のんべえ

heavy drinker

海上自衛隊かいじょうじえいたい

Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)

近衛このえ

Imperial Guards

航空自衛隊こうくうじえいたい

Japan Air Self-Defense Force

近衛兵このえへい

Imperial Guard (Meiji)

陸上自衛隊りくじょうじえいたい

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

中衛ちゅうえい

middle guard

自衛官じえいかん

Japanese Self-Defense Force official

衛生工学えいせいこうがく

sanitary engineering

衛生管理えいせいかんり

hygiene management

衛生上えいせいじょう

hygiene-related

衛生設備えいせいせつび

sanitary facilities

衛星都市えいせいとし

satellite city

衛生兵えいせいへい

combat medic

衛星中継えいせいちゅうけい

satellite transmission

軍事衛星ぐんじえいせい

military satellite

共同防衛きょうどうぼうえい

joint defense

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