囗 - wéi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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囗

wéi

Definition

enclosure
回,forinstance,containsthegraphicandmeaningcomponent囗.

It then gives the notion of enclosure to 回.
to surround
graphic and meaning component (encircle, surround, boundary, city wall)
radical (Kang Xi 31)
erect
proud
upright
bald

Good to know

Watch out, you can easily confuse 囗 with 口. But 囗 (wéi) is slightly bigger.

Storytime

口 shows the borders of a city, and initially meant "border of a city". Now it's taken on a broader definition, but you still find traces of the initial meaning in it.

Character Decomposition

Compounds (52)

回

huí

to go back; to turn around; to return

回

huí

to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier (for acts of a play); measure word; section or chapter (of a classic book)

圖

tú

picture; diagram; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek

因

yīn

cause; reason; because

four; 4

country; nation; state; national

西

xī

West; phonetic component; radical (Kang Xi 146)

西

Xī

the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙; Spanish

团

tuán

round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier (for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)); measure word; dumpling

團

tuán

round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier (for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)); measure word

button

to be tired; sleepy; sleep; to be sleepy; to be fatigued; drowsy; weary; to be stranded; to be hard pressed; to be afflicted; to surround; to encircle; to pin down; to trap

困

kùn

to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute

園

yuán

garden; plot; plantation; land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation

圈

quān

circle; ring; loop; classifier (for loops, orbits, laps of race etc); measure word; to surround; to circle

圓

yuán

circle; round; spherical