Read Edit View history Discussion 卫 wèi HSK3 guard Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified from 衛. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound. The 行 component was deleted for simplification. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 衛 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Remnant of 韋, the sound component in 衛. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 卫 Simp strokes 卫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 卫 Simp strokes 卫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 卫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 232, 616 ], [ 270, 609 ], [ 298, 611 ], [ 420, 642 ], [ 566, 667 ], [ 576, 664 ], [ 716, 683 ], [ 744, 681 ], [ 771, 658 ], [ 782, 638 ], [ 757, 566 ], [ 724, 426 ], [ 708, 388 ], [ 688, 363 ], [ 592, 416 ] ], [ [ 473, 626 ], [ 506, 609 ], [ 514, 556 ], [ 507, 163 ], [ 489, 151 ] ], [ [ 151, 105 ], [ 192, 89 ], [ 224, 86 ], [ 435, 111 ], [ 803, 132 ], [ 878, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 514 639 Q 710 673 736 653 Q 745 647 743 633 Q 700 437 680 412 Q 673 400 658 406 Q 630 413 600 421 Q 572 427 590 407 Q 648 349 669 310 Q 679 294 694 302 Q 715 315 729 342 Q 747 369 780 531 Q 792 592 817 618 Q 833 640 827 649 Q 820 662 765 700 Q 746 716 728 710 Q 697 700 639 691 Q 434 669 357 649 Q 299 636 254 631 Q 229 628 224 617 Q 223 610 241 599 Q 277 575 312 589 Q 366 610 466 631 L 514 639 Z", "M 528 141 Q 541 613 542 614 Q 527 629 514 639 C 491 658 453 658 466 631 Q 487 592 488 542 Q 489 500 482 137 C 481 107 527 111 528 141 Z", "M 512 91 Q 561 92 608 96 Q 749 105 861 86 Q 886 82 892 92 Q 901 105 888 118 Q 858 148 814 169 Q 804 175 653 151 Q 632 151 528 141 L 482 137 Q 368 131 311 124 Q 248 117 154 118 Q 141 119 138 107 Q 137 94 156 79 Q 204 43 238 56 Q 277 68 410 83 Q 458 89 512 91 Z" ] } 3 strokes 卫 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 232, 616 ], [ 270, 609 ], [ 298, 611 ], [ 420, 642 ], [ 566, 667 ], [ 576, 664 ], [ 716, 683 ], [ 744, 681 ], [ 771, 658 ], [ 782, 638 ], [ 757, 566 ], [ 724, 426 ], [ 708, 388 ], [ 688, 363 ], [ 592, 416 ] ], [ [ 473, 626 ], [ 506, 609 ], [ 514, 556 ], [ 507, 163 ], [ 489, 151 ] ], [ [ 151, 105 ], [ 192, 89 ], [ 224, 86 ], [ 435, 111 ], [ 803, 132 ], [ 878, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 514 639 Q 710 673 736 653 Q 745 647 743 633 Q 700 437 680 412 Q 673 400 658 406 Q 630 413 600 421 Q 572 427 590 407 Q 648 349 669 310 Q 679 294 694 302 Q 715 315 729 342 Q 747 369 780 531 Q 792 592 817 618 Q 833 640 827 649 Q 820 662 765 700 Q 746 716 728 710 Q 697 700 639 691 Q 434 669 357 649 Q 299 636 254 631 Q 229 628 224 617 Q 223 610 241 599 Q 277 575 312 589 Q 366 610 466 631 L 514 639 Z", "M 528 141 Q 541 613 542 614 Q 527 629 514 639 C 491 658 453 658 466 631 Q 487 592 488 542 Q 489 500 482 137 C 481 107 527 111 528 141 Z", "M 512 91 Q 561 92 608 96 Q 749 105 861 86 Q 886 82 892 92 Q 901 105 888 118 Q 858 148 814 169 Q 804 175 653 151 Q 632 151 528 141 L 482 137 Q 368 131 311 124 Q 248 117 154 118 Q 141 119 138 107 Q 137 94 156 79 Q 204 43 238 56 Q 277 68 410 83 Q 458 89 512 91 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.