卫

See also: 衛, 衞, 𠀄, ヱ, and 고

卫	U+536B, 卫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-536B

← 卪
[U+536A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

卬 →
[U+536C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

卫 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一 (SLM), four-corner 1710₂, composition ⿻𠃌丄 or ⿱𰆊一)

Derived characters

𫁱

Related characters

衛 (Traditional form of 卫, preferred form in Taiwan)
衞 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary, preferred form in Hong Kong)
𠀄 (Unorthodox variant of 衛 found in Zhongwen Da Cidian 《中文大辭典》)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 76, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 50, character 4
Unihan data for U+536B

Chinese

Glyph origin

This character is not known to have existed prior to the simplification of Chinese characters by the People's Republic of China in 1956.

The simplification of 衛 to 卫 may have been influenced by the Japanese katakana ヱ (we), compare the Japanese ryakuji ⿰彳ヱ.

In Zhongwen Da Cidian 《中文大辭典》, a dictionary based on the Japanese Dai Kan-Wa Jiten and published in Taiwan from 1962 to 1968, 𠀄, a character which is visually similar to 卫 (乛 on top instead of 𠃌), is recorded as an unorthodox variant of 衛.

Another theory is that 卫 is a variant of 𫝀, which is the top component of 韋 in the middle of 衛.[1]

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 卫 – see 衛 (“to guard; to protect; to defend; security guard; etc.”). (This character, 卫, is the simplified form of 衛.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.