brocade; embroidered work; bright | according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix |
to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname | ||
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trad. (錦依衛/錦依衞) | 錦 | 依 | 衛/衞 | |
simp. (锦依卫) | 锦 | 依 | 卫 |
Originates from 錦衣衛 / 锦衣卫 (Jǐnyīwèi, “Embroidered Uniform Guard”), with one character, "衣", which is the homophone of one of the characters of 洛天依 (“Luo Tianyi”), "依", changed to "依".
Luo Tianyi is a Chinese virtual singer, and her fans are called literally alike to the Chinese of Embroidered Uniform Guard because it is considered that they play the same role as Embroidered Uniform Guard - guarding.
錦依衛