Hanja Analyzer
囲

囲 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
에워쌀 위
Romanization
wi
English
surround, encircle, corral; whip
Mandarin
tōng
Japanese on'yomi
イ, トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かこ.む かこ.う かこ.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#771 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
圍
Radical
囗 (31, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+56F2

Parts that make up 囲

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 井 우물 정 우물 난간우물. ‘정·형’ 계열의 소리

How 囲 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 囲 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 井.

Japanese words with 囲

  • 周囲しゅうい surroundings; environs; circumference
  • 範囲はんい extent; scope; sphere
  • 雰囲気ふんいき atmosphere; mood; ambience
  • 囲むかこむ to surround; to encircle; to enclose
  • 囲碁いご go (board game)
  • 包囲ほうい siege; encirclement; envelopment
  • 囲みかこみ enclosure; box; siege
  • 囲いかこい enclosure; fence; wall
  • 広範囲こうはんい extensive; vast range; wide scope
  • 取り囲むとりかこむ to surround; to crowd around; to gather around
  • 囲うかこう to enclose; to surround; to encircle
  • 囲繞いじょう surrounding; enclosure

Other hanja read “위”

位 偉 偽 僞 危 厃 叞 喟 噅 噕 圍 委 威 尉 幃 慰 暐 渭 為 煒 熨 爲 瑋 痿 緯 胃 萎 葦 葳 蒍 蔿 藯 蝟 衛 衞 袆 褘 諉 謂 逶 違 闈 韋 韙 韡 餧 骪 骫 魏

Other hanja with radical 囗

囗 囙 囚 四 囝 回 囟 因 団 囤 囦 囧 囩 囪 囫 囬 园 囮 困 囱 図 囶 囷 囹 固 国 囿 圀 圁 圂 圃 圄 圅 圇 圈 圉 圊 國 圌 圍 圎 圏 園 圓 圖 圗 團 圛 圜 圝

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