圍

圍 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田木一手 (WDMQ), four-corner 6050₆, composition ⿴囗韋)

• 𡼱, 潿, 䙟, 𩼀, 𱻤, 𠄿, 𥴞, 𧝖, 𠆎, 𩏉, 𧝕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 220, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4806
• Dae Jaweon: page 451, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 722, character 14
• Unihan data for U+570D

Historical forms of the character 圍
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 囗 (“enclosure”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl, “to surround”).

圍

1. to surround; to encircle; to corral

   手拉手圍成一圈／手拉手围成一圈  ―  shǒu lā shǒu wéi chéng yī quān  ―  to hold hands and form a circle

2. all sides

   周圍／周围  ―  zhōuwéi  ―  around

3. girth

   腰圍／腰围  ―  yāowéi  ―  waistline

4. (often in Guangdong and Hong Kong place names) walled village (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   吉慶圍／吉庆围 [Cantonese]  ―  gat¹ hing³ wai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  Kat Hing Wai (a walled village in Yuen Long, Hong Kong)

5. (Cantonese) Classifier for number of tables at a restaurant or a feast. (usually twelve people per table)
6. (Cantonese) to tally; to calculate (an amount)
7. (medicine) peri-

• (to surround):

• → Vietnamese: vây (“to encircle”)

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 囲)

1. to surround, encircle

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: かこむ (kakomu, 圍む)、かこい (kakoi, 圍い)^{←かこひ (kakofi, 圍ひ, historical)}、かこう (kakou, 圍う)^{←かこふ (kakofu, 圍ふ, historical)}

圍 (eumhun 둘레, 에워쌀 위 (dulle, ewossal wi))

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圍: Hán Nôm readings: vi, vè, vây, vầy, ví

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