卫星 (wèi xīng)

Character breakdown

• 卫 (Wèi) · 3 strokes

  Simplified from 衛. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound. The 行 component was deleted for simplification.

• 星 (xīng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.