# 衛 U+885B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885B

A Chinese character meaning “guard, protect, defend”, read wèi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `衛` |
| Codepoint | U+885B |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885B |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `衛` `衛` |
| CSS | `\885B` |
| JavaScript | `\u885B` |
| UTF-8 | E8 A1 9B |
| UTF-16 | 885B |
| Definition | guard, protect, defend |
| Mandarin | wèi |
| Cantonese | wai6 |
| Japanese | EI E MAMORU MAMORI |
| Korean | WI |

## Related characters

- 衚 [U+885A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885A](https://unicodekit.com/char/885A)
- 衜 [U+885C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885C](https://unicodekit.com/char/885C)
- 衙 [U+8859 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8859](https://unicodekit.com/char/8859)
- 衝 [U+885D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885D](https://unicodekit.com/char/885D)
- 衘 [U+8858 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8858](https://unicodekit.com/char/8858)
- 衞 [U+885E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885E](https://unicodekit.com/char/885E)
- 街 [U+8857 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8857](https://unicodekit.com/char/8857)
- 衟 [U+885F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885F](https://unicodekit.com/char/885F)
- 衖 [U+8856 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8856](https://unicodekit.com/char/8856)
- 衠 [U+8860 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8860](https://unicodekit.com/char/8860)
- 衕 [U+8855 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8855](https://unicodekit.com/char/8855)
- 衡 [U+8861 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8861](https://unicodekit.com/char/8861)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/885B · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/885B