Memory phrase for the Kanji: 衛
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衛 |
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Meaning
| guard, protection, defend
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Pronunciation |
EI
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Explanation |
Outside: to go 行, inside: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center |
Mnemonic
| Walking fivefold around the center: the guard.
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Radicals
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行
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to go | Radikal gyougamae, often also used in the half shape: 彳 gyounin. |
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韋
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defend | Radical nameshigawa From top: var. of foot/stop 止, center 口, foot/stop 止 = feet standing around a center in all directions |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 守衛 |
しゅえい |
security guard/doorkeeper |
| 自衛 |
じえい |
self-defense |
| 衛星 |
えいせい |
satellite |
| 護衛 |
ごえい |
guard, convoy, escort |
| 防衛 |
ぼうえい |
defense/protection/self-defense |
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