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Kanji Information Sheet for 衛 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
彳 (ぎょうにんべん) – going man
行 (ぎょう) – journey
彳 (ぎょうにんべん) – going man
行 (ぎょう) – journey
Henshall Mnemonic: opening to go on guard for almost five years
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #400 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #400 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 守衛 [しゅえい]
(n) security guard; doorkeeper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 衛生 [えいせい]
(n) health; hygiene; sanitation; medical [K] [D] [Jisho] - 護衛 [ごえい]
(n) guard; convoy; escort [K] [D] [Jisho] - 防衛 [ぼうえい]
(n) defense; protection; self-defense [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 親衛 [しんえい]
(n) monarch's guards [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空自衛隊 [こうくうじえいたい]
Air Self-Defense Force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 陸上自衛隊 [りくじょうじえいたい]
Ground Self-Defense Forces [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海上自衛隊 [かいじょうじえいたい]
Maritime Self Defense Forces [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公衆衛生 [こうしゅうえいせい]
sanitation; public health [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人工衛星 [じんこうえいせい]
man-made satellite [K] [D] [Jisho] - 専守防衛 [せんしゅぼうえい]
(n) a nonaggressive defense (policy) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 前衛 [ぜんえい]
(n) advance guard; vanguard [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通信衛星 [つうしんえいせい]
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS [K] [D] [Jisho] - 衛生的 [えいせいてき]
(adj-na) hygienic; sanitary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 正当防衛 [せいとうぼうえい]
self-defence; legitimate self-defence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 防衛施設庁 [ぼうえいしせつちょう]
(Japanese) Defense Facilities Administration Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 防衛庁 [ぼうえいちょう]
(Japanese) Defense Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 近衛 [このえ]
(n) Imperial Guards [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自衛官 [じえいかん]
(n) (Japanese) Self Defense Force official [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自衛隊 [じえいたい]
(n) self-defence force [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.