Where does “五衛府” come from?

五衛府 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 衛府, from Japanese 衛, from Middle Chinese えい, from Middle Chinese 映.

五衛府 (Japanese): the Five Guards under the 大宝令}} (衛門府, 左衛士府, 右衛士府, 左兵衛府 and 右兵衛府)

Definitions

  1. the Five Guards under the 大宝令}} (衛門府, 左衛士府, 右衛士府, 左兵衛府 and 右兵衛府)

Ancestry of “五衛府”, step by step

五衛府 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 衛府

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese衛府a 律令 imperial guard squad
2Japanese衛defense; to guard
3Middle Chineseえい—
4Middle Chinese映—

via Japanese 五

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese五five; a name of a hole of a wind instrument
2Middle Chineseご—
Every word from Middle Chinese 映 →Every word from Middle Chinese えい →Every word from Japanese 衛 →