囗

See also: 圍, 國, and 口

囗 U+56D7, 囗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56D7 ← 囖 [U+56D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 囘 → [U+56D8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #31, ⼞.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/囗

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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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囗
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 囗 – see 圍 (“to surround; to encircle; to corral; all sides; etc.”). (This character, 囗, is a variant form of 圍.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 囗 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; Mandarin; etc.”). (This character, 囗, is a variant form of 國.)

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Japanese

Kanji

囗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mouth
2. the "country" radical, called 国構 (くにがまえ) (kunigamae)

Readings

As a radical and variant kanji for 国 (“country”):

• Goon: こく (koku)
• Kan’on: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni, 囗); くにがまえ (kunigamae, 囗)^{←くにがまへ (kunigamafe, historical)}

As a variant kanji for 囲 (“to surround/encircle”):

• Goon: え (e)^{←ゑ‎ (we ‎, historical)}
• Kan’on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: かこむ (kakomu, 囗む)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

囗 (vi)

1. erect, proud
2. upright
3. bald

References

• Nom Foundation