Hanja Analyzer
圍

圍 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
에워쌀 위
Romanization
wi
English
surround, encircle, corral
Mandarin
wéi
Japanese on'yomi
イ
Japanese kun'yomi
かこ.む かこ.う かこ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Variant forms
囲
Radical
囗 (31, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
韋(위)
Unicode
U+570D

Parts that make up 圍

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 韋 가죽 위sound 발이 어긋나며 두른 가죽가죽. ‘위’ 계열의 소리

How 圍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 圍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 韋.

Korean example words with 圍

  • 두위頭圍 Korean gloss: 머리 둘레
  • 사위四圍 Korean gloss: 사방의 둘레
  • 흉위胸圍 Korean gloss: 가슴의 가장 굵은 부분을 둘러 잰 길이
  • 옹위하다擁圍 Korean gloss: 주위를 둘러싸다
  • 포위되다包圍 Korean gloss: 주위가 에워싸이다
  • 위립하다圍立 Korean gloss: 빙 둘러서다. 또는 둘러 세우다
  • 포위진包圍陣 Korean gloss: 적을 에워싼 진지
  • 포위군包圍軍 Korean gloss: 주위를 에워싼 군사
  • 범위별範圍別 Korean gloss: 범위에 따라 나눈 구별
  • 포위환包圍環 Korean gloss: 둥근 고리 모양의 포위선
  • 포위선包圍線 Korean gloss: 펼쳐진 포위망을 연결한 선
  • 포위망包圍網 Korean gloss: 빈틈없이 둘레를 에워싼 체계

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 韋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “위” in Korean.

偉 幃 暐 煒 瑋 緯 葦 衛 褘 諱 違 闈 韙 韡

Other hanja read “위”

位 偉 偽 僞 危 厃 叞 喟 噅 噕 囲 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 囲 図 囶 囷 囹 固 国 囿 圀 圁 圂 圃 圄 圅 圇 圈 圉 圊 國 圌 圎 圏 園 圓 圖 圗 團 圛 圜 圝

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