围
to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,114 U+56F4
How 围 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
囗 (semantic, “enclosure”) + 韦 (phonetic, wéi)
How to remember it
surround · Heisig RSH #1228
pent in + briar patch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 韦
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 韦 (wéi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韦 sound component | wéi | tanned leather; surname |
| 违 | wéi | to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from |
| 伟 | wěi | great, imposing; extraordinary |
| 苇 | wěi | reed |
| 纬 | wěi | warp and woof; lines of latitude |
| 讳 | huì | taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning |
| 韪 | wěi | right; proper; perpriety |
| 闱 | wéi | gate, door; living quarters |
| 玮 | wěi | a type of red jade; rare, valuable |
| 帏 | wéi | a curtain that forms a wall |
| 炜 | wěi | brilliant, glowing, red |
| 祎 | yī | excellent, rare; beautiful, fine |
Words containing 围
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 围场满族蒙古族自治县 | Wéi chǎng Mǎn zú Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County, in Chengde City 承德市[Cheng2 de2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 围场县 | Wéi chǎng Xiàn | see 圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣|围场满族蒙古族自治县[Wei2 chang3 Man3 zu2 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 杀出重围 | shā chū chóng wéi | to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through |
| 周围神经 | zhōu wéi shén jīng | (anatomy) peripheral nervous system |
| 深海围网 | shēn hǎi wéi wǎng | purse-seine net (fishing) |
| 入围者 | rù wéi zhě | finalist; qualifier; person or item selected as one of the best |
| 围产期 | wéi chǎn qī | perinatal period |
| 头围 | tóu wéi | head circumference |
| 围术期 | wéi shù qī | perioperative period |
| 三围 | sān wéi | BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[… |
| 合围 | hé wéi | to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) |
| 围城 | Wéi chéng | Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV … |
| 围城 | wéi chéng | siege; besieged city |
| 外围 | wài wéi | surrounding |
| 重围 | chóng wéi | to redouble a siege |
| 围场 | Wéi chǎng | see 圍場滿族蒙古族自治縣|围场满族蒙古族自治县[Wei2 chang3 Man3 zu2 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 围场 | wéi chǎng | enclosure; pig pen; hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former tim… |
| 围起 | wéi qǐ | to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence in |
| 围网 | wéi wǎng | seine net; wire mesh fence; fence screen |
| 包围 | bāo wéi | to surround; to encircle; to hem in |