wéi

surround

Pictograph of a wall surrounding an area. Component form of (traditional ).

Evolution

囗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wéi

erect, proud; upright; bald; enclosure

Component uses

Meaning component in 28 characters (13 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 9 characters (9 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+56D7

Shuowen

“囗,回也。象回帀之形。”


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