Memory phrase for the character: 卫


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Meaning to guard, protect, defend, hygiene

Pronunciation

wèi

Explanation

Image of work/worker with a hanging arm

Mnemonic


 
We can use the worker with the hanging arm only for: guarding.

Radicals

work, to buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
bent personshows a person bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled , bending ,, slumped or husband )
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 Vocabulary

卫生 wèi shēng  health; hygiene; sanitation
捍卫者 hàn wèi zhě  proponent; supporter; upholder
捍卫 hàn wèi  defend; uphold; safeguard
卫奕信 Wèi yì xìn  David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
聂卫平 Niè Wèi píng  Nie Weiping
汪精卫 Wāng Jīng wèi  Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
侍卫 shì wèi  Imperial bodyguard
卫星 wèi xīng  (space) satellite
保卫 bǎo wèi  to defend; to safeguard
自卫 zì wèi  self-defense
卫冕 wèi miǎn  to defend the crown (in sports championship)
卫冕 wèi miǎn  


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