圍

See also 囲, and 围

Translingual

shinjitai	囲
simplified	围
traditional	圍

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 囗 (“enclosure”) + 韋

Han character

圍 (radical 31 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田木一手 (WDMQ), four-corner 6050₆)

1. surround, encircle, corral

Descendants

• 囲 围

References

• KangXi: page 220, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4806
• Dae Jaweon: page 451, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 722, character 14
• Unihan data for U+570D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

圍 (simplified 围, Yale wai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

圍 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 囲)

1. to surround, encircle

Readings

• Goon: え (e) < ゑ (we)
• Kan’on: い (i) < ゐ (wi)
• Kun: かこむ (圍む, kakomu), かこい (圍い, kakoi), かこう (圍う, kakou)

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Korean

Hanja

圍
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 위 (revised: wi, McCune-Reischauer: wi)

• Name (hangeul): 둘레,에워쌀()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

圍 (simplified 围, pinyin huán (huan2), wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles huan², wei²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圍 (vi, vè, vây, vầy, ví)