衛

defense, protection

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

エエイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

いまもるもり

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:400

Vocabulary

エ

Word	Reading	Meaning
兵衛	ヒョウエ	middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
衛護	エゴ	guard; escort

エイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
衛星	エイセイ	(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
衛生	エイセイ	hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; health; toilet; restroom; bathroom
護衛	ゴエイ	guard; convoy; escort
公衆衛生	コウシュウエイセイ	public health; public hygiene; sanitation
自衛	ジエイ	self-defense; self-defence

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
行衛	ゆくえ	(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); development; direction; tide; future; journey ahead
近衛	このえ	Imperial Guards
ミサイル防衛	ミサイルぼうえい	missile defence; missile defense
土左衛門	どざえもん	drowned body of a person
助兵衛	スケベ	lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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resign, word, term, expression

packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

horizontal, woof, left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction