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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)

白衛軍はくえいぐん

White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

自衛隊法じえいたいほう

Self-Defense Forces Act

権兵衛ごんべえ

John Doe

衛士えじ

gate guard (during the ritsuryō system)

こんごう型護衛艦こんごうがたごえいかん

Kongo class destroyer

はたかぜ型護衛艦はたかぜがたごえいかん

Hatakaze class destroyer

ゆうばり型護衛艦ゆうばりがたごえいかん

Yubari class destroyer escort

たかなみ型護衛艦たかなみがたごえいかん

Takanami class destroyer

たちかぜ型護衛艦たちかぜがたごえいかん

Tachikaze class destroyer

いしかり型護衛艦いしかりがたごえいかん

Ishikari class destroyer escort

はるな型護衛艦はるながたごえいかん

Haruna class destroyer

あたご型護衛艦あたごがたごえいかん

Atago class destroyer

あぶくま型護衛艦あぶくまがたごえいかん

Abukuma class destroyer escort

むらさめ型護衛艦むらさめがたごえいかん

Murasame class destroyer

はつゆき型護衛艦はつゆきがたごえいかん

Hatsuyuki class destroyer

しらね型護衛艦しらねがたごえいかん

Shirane class destroyer

あさぎり型護衛艦あさぎりがたごえいかん

Asagiri class destroyer

防衛線ぼうえいせん

line of defence (defense)

防衛戦ぼうえいせん

defensive battle

共同防衛きょうどうぼうえい

joint defense

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