囗

See also 圍, 國, and 口 (kǒu)

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

囗 (radical 31 囗+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM), XX月一 (XXBM), four-corner 6000₀)

1. erect, proud
2. upright
3. bald
4. used as a shorthand for some other characters, including 圍 and 國

Usage notes

This character (囗) is used for enclosures; if a square is used within a character, then the character is instead 口.

References

• KangXi: page 216, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4675
• Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 710, character 8
• Unihan data for U+56D7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

囗 (jyutping wai4, Yale wai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

囗

Readings

• On: い (i), こく (koku)
• Kun: かこむ (kakomu), くに (kuni)

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Korean

Hanja

囗 (hangeul 국, 위, revised guk, wi, McCune-Reischauer kuk, wi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

囗 (pinyin wéi (wei2), guó (guo2), Wade-Giles wei²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

囗 (POJ ûi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囗 (vi)