# 衞 U+885E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885E

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

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `衞` |
| Codepoint | U+885E |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885E |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `衞` `衞` |
| CSS | `\885E` |
| JavaScript | `\u885E` |
| UTF-8 | E8 A1 9E |
| UTF-16 | 885E |
| Definition | guard, protect, defend |
| Mandarin | wèi |
| Cantonese | wai6 |
| Japanese | EI E MAMORU |
| Korean | WI |

## Related characters

- 衝 [U+885D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885D](https://unicodekit.com/char/885D)
- 衟 [U+885F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885F](https://unicodekit.com/char/885F)
- 衜 [U+885C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885C](https://unicodekit.com/char/885C)
- 衠 [U+8860 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8860](https://unicodekit.com/char/8860)
- 衛 [U+885B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885B](https://unicodekit.com/char/885B)
- 衡 [U+8861 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8861](https://unicodekit.com/char/8861)
- 衚 [U+885A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-885A](https://unicodekit.com/char/885A)
- 衢 [U+8862 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8862](https://unicodekit.com/char/8862)
- 衙 [U+8859 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8859](https://unicodekit.com/char/8859)
- 衣 [U+8863 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8863](https://unicodekit.com/char/8863)
- 衘 [U+8858 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8858](https://unicodekit.com/char/8858)
- 衤 [U+8864 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8864](https://unicodekit.com/char/8864)

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