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Kanji for Defender
The kanji for “defender” is 衛, read ei and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
衛
defender
To defend and stand guard.
16 strokes On reading エイ、エ (ei, e) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: defense, protection
Readings used for names on Nazuke: e, ei
In Japan it appears in about 776 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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