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圍

See also: 围 and 囲
圍 U+570D, 圍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570D
← 圌
[U+570C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圎 →
[U+570E]

Translingual edit

Traditional 圍
Shinjitai 囲
Simplified 围

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

trad. 圍
simp. 围
alternative forms 囲

Glyph origin edit

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
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
禕 *qral
郼 *qʷɯl
褘 *qʰʷɯl
諱 *qʰʷɯls
媁 *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃 *ɢʷɯl
違 *ɢʷɯl
圍 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋 *ɢʷɯl
闈 *ɢʷɯl
湋 *ɢʷɯl
鍏 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
韙 *ɢʷɯlʔ
煒 *ɢʷɯlʔ
暐 *ɢʷɯlʔ
偉 *ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋 *ɢʷɯlʔ
葦 *ɢʷɯlʔ
椲 *ɢʷɯlʔ
韡 *ɢʷɯlʔ
愇 *ɢʷɯlʔ
緯 *ɢʷɯls

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”).

Pronunciation edit

Note: û - common variant.
Rime
Character 圍 圍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 雨非切 于貴切
Baxter hjw+j hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦʉi/ /ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷɨi/ /ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuəi/ /ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuj/ /ɦujH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuəi/ /ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwəi/ /ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/we̯i/ /we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wéi wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai4 wai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 圍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wéi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/
English surround

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 圍 圍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12816 12834
Phonetic
component 		韋 韋
Rime
group 		微 微
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		幃 胃
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯl/ /*ɢʷɯls/

Definitions edit

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-

Synonyms edit

  • (to surround):

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

  • → Vietnamese: vây (“to encircle”)

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

囲

Kyūjitai

圍

Kanji edit

圍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 囲)

  1. to surround, encircle

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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

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