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卫 (wèi)

wèi

HSK level
HSK 4
Part of speech
Noun

Meanings

  1. to protect, to guard
  2. a historical administrative region outside the capital during the Zhou dynasty
  3. a symbolic representation of defense or protection, originating from oracle bone script as an image of a city guarded by soldiers
  4. a nickname for a donkey in historical texts

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Words with 卫