卫 (衛) wèi

  1. wèi verb to guard; to protect; to defend
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 保护 (Guoyu '衛' v; Kroll 2015 '衛' 1; Unihan '衛')
  2. wèi noun a guard
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 衛士 guardian (Guoyu '衛' n 2; Kroll 2015 '衛' 1a)
  3. wèi noun feathering in arrows
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '衛' 2)
  4. wèi noun a border area; a defended area
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '衛' n 3)
  5. wèi noun donkey
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 驴 (Guoyu '衛' n 4; Kroll 2015 '衛' 3)
  6. wèi proper noun Wei
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
    Notes: The name of an ancient state (Guoyu '衛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '衛' 4)
  7. wèi proper noun Wei
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '衛' n 5)
  8. wèi verb defend; ārakṣa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ārakṣa, Japanese: ei, or: e (BCSD '衛', p. 1048; MW 'ārakṣa'; SH '衛', p. 443; Unihan '衛')

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