wèi

(same as 衛) to guard

Evolution

䘙 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
䘙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
䘙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䘙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

wèi

(same as ) to guard; to protect, a keeper

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Unicode

U+4619

Shuowen

“衞,宿衞也。从韋、帀,从行。行,列衞也。”


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