卫

See also: 衛, 衞, 𠀄, ヱ, and 고

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

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

卫 (radical 26, 卩+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一 (SLM), composition ⿻𠃌丄)

Simplified Chinese.

Folk etymology claims that this simplification of 衛 (wèi) may have been influenced by the Japanese katakana ヱ (we).

Another theory claims it's a variant of 𫝀; see https://www.zhihu.com/question/23017758.

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 and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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