Chinese Character Wiki
围

wéi

surround

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 韦 represents the sound.

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

韦 sound component

韦  Sound component

wéi

  

tanned leather

Evolution

围 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
围 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
围 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
围 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
围 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

围 (圍) 

wéi

surround, encircle, corral; to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

围 (圍) 

Wéi

surname Wei

Most common words with 围
Freq.
Word
Meaning

范围

range

周围

surroundings

围

to encircle

包围

to surround

围绕

to revolve around

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

涠

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 51.2414% of movies

900th most common character in movies

576th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

圍

Unicode

U+56F4


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