漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
囲: surround, besiege
Also: store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
囗 carries the meaning · 井 gives the sound
7 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
イi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 囲碁いごGo (the board game)
- 範囲はんいextent, scope, sphere, range
- 周囲しゅういsurroundings, circumference
- 胸囲きょういchest measurement
- 雰囲気ふんいきatmosphere , mood, ambience
- 包囲するほういするbesiege, encircle
かこむkakomu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 囲むかこむsurround, encircle
かこうkakou · kun'yomi
- 囲うかこうenclose
Also read かこい, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a sturdy wall encircling a city! This radical completely wraps around other elements, containing them safely within its borders like a fence or a country's frontier.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side囲 surround · 囗
vs丼 bowl · 丶In ChineseSimplified 围 · traditional 圍 · wéi
Three different forms: Japanese 囲, simplified 围, traditional 圍.
- Simplified
- 围 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 圍 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wéi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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