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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)

弾道ミサイル防衛だんどうミサイルぼうえい

ballistic missile defence

自衛隊派遣じえいたいはけん

Self-Defense Force mission

自衛消防隊じえいしょうぼうたい

self-defence fire brigade

原子炉衛星げんしろえいせい

nuclear-powered satellite

防衛計画ぼうえいけいかく

defence program

衛星生中継えいせいなまちゅうけい

live satellite transmission

むっつり助兵衛むっつりすけべえ

lecher with a quiet exterior

助兵衛根性すけべえこんじょう

lechery

助兵衛すけべえ

lewdness

護衛駆逐艦ごえいくちくかん

destroyer escort

衛生化学えいせいかがく

hygienic chemistry

衛兵所えいへいじょ

guardhouse

衛生局えいせいきょく

hygiene bureau

兵衛ひょうえ

middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)

食品衛生監視員しょくひんえいせいかんしいん

food sanitation inspector

平兵衛酢へべす

hebesu (var. of citrus fruit from Miyazaki)

精神衛生学せいしんえいせいがく

mental hygiene

衛護えいご

guard

自衛艦じえいかん

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship

護衛空母ごえいくうぼ

escort carrier

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