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wèi

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wèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèi | wei4
English translation
to guard, to protect, to defend

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About wèi

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

wèi

Contains the radical

háng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Etymology of wèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

行韋

Semantic compound

háng

Phonetic compound

wéi

Explanation

Simplified from the cursive form of the traditional character wèi . Depicts feet ( zhǐ ) walking around, patrolling a street intersection ( háng ).

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Words with wèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
卫生 wèi shēng health衛生
卫星 wèixīng moon衛星
大卫 Dà wèi David (name)大衛
Wèi to guard wèi
保卫 bǎowèi to defend保衛
警卫 jǐng wèi to stand guard over警衛
后卫 hòu wèi rear guard後衛
守卫 shǒu wèi to guard守衛
卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom衛生間
卫生部 Wèi shēng bù Ministry of Health衛生部
自卫 zì wèi self-defense自衛
防卫 fáng wèi to defend防衛
捍卫 hànwèi to defend捍衛
护卫 hù wèi to guard護衛
前卫 qián wèi vanguard前衛
卫冕 wèi miǎn to defend the crown (in sports championship)衛冕
卫生局 wèi shēng jú health office衛生局
门卫 mén wèi sentry門衛
环卫 huán wèi public cleanliness環衛
卫视 wèi shì satellite TV (abbr. for 衛星電視|卫星电视 wèi xīng diàn shì [wèi​xīng​diàn​shì])衛視
自卫队 zì wèi duì self-defense force自衛隊
卫兵 wèi bīng guard衛兵
卫队 wèi duì guard (i.e. group of soldiers)衛隊
卫士 wèi shì guardian衛士

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