囲

See also 圍, and 围

Translingual

shinjitai	囲
simplified	围
traditional	圍

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 圍 (韋 → 井).

Han character

囲 (radical 31 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田廿廿 (WTT), composition ⿴囗井)

1. surround, encircle, corral
2. whip

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 217, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4722
• Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 714, character 1
• Unihan data for U+56F2

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Japanese

Kanji

囲 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: い (i), とう (tō)
• Kun: かこむ (kakomu), かこい (kakoi), かこう (kakou), むち (muchi)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 囲碁
• 囲う
• 囲む

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Korean

Hanja

囲 (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

囲 (pinyin tōng (tong1), wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles t'ung¹, wei²)