衛
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wèi · to guard, to protect, to defend

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15Total strokes

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Left-middle-rightCharacter structure

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行Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 衛

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Example sentences

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Tā bú shì dà wèi, tā jiào dān ní ěr.他不是大衛,他叫丹尼爾。

He is not David. His name is Daniel.

Source: Tatoeba #6047116 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dà wèi chī le hěn duō dōng xī.大衛吃了很多東西。

David ate a lot of things.

Source: Tatoeba #6092442 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dà wèi zài yě méi yǒu huí dào xué xiào le.大衛再也沒有回到學校了。

Dave never returned to school again.

Source: Tatoeba #941105 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mù xīng de wèi xīng shàng kě néng yǒu shēng mìng cún zài.木星的衛星上可能有生命存在。

There may be life on the moons of Jupiter.

Source: Tatoeba #4265893 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fú wù zhàn de wèi shēng jiàn dà duō hěn zāng.服務站的衛生間大多很髒。

The toilets at motorway service stations are often very dirty.

Source: Tatoeba #10580106 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén xū yào bǎo wèi tái wān de zhǔ quán.我們需要保衛台灣的主權。

We need to defend Taiwan's sovereignty.

Source: Tatoeba #13249715 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 衛 in context

  1. Say wèi, then recall the core meaning: to guard, to protect, to defend.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the left-middle-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 衛 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.