# 圍

| 圍 | U+570D, &#22285; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570D |
| ← 圌 [U+570C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 圎 → [U+570E] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 圍 |
| Shinjitai | 囲 |
| Simplified | 围 |

### Han character

圍 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田木一手 (WDMQ), four-corner 6050$_6$, composition ⿴囗韋)

#### Derived characters

* 𡼱, 潿, 䙟, 𩼀, 𱻤, 𠄿, 𥴞, 𧝖, 𠆎, 𩏉, 𧝕

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

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 |
| | 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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wéi (wei$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ви (vi, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vei$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vì
    (Hailu, HRS): vui
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vei$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): uòi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûi / û
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wei$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ui
*** Sinological IPA : /uei²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ви (vi, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /vi²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$
*** Yale: wàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vei²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vui
*** Sinological IPA: /vui⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋi¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uòi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ui$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: úi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
*** Tâi-lô: uî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ui²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
*** Tâi-lô: û
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yu
*** MiniDict: yu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: uei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /u̯e̞i̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+j, hjw+jH
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/ | /ɦʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi/ | /ɦʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi/ | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj/ | /ɦuj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi/ | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi/ | /ɣĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i/ | /we̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/, /*ɢʷɯls/
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

圍
* 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
* all sides
    周圍／周围 ― zhōuwéi ― around
* girth
    腰圍／腰围 ― yāowéi ― waistline
* (often in Guangdong and Hong Kong place names) walled village (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    吉慶圍／吉庆围 [Cantonese] ― gat$^1$ hing$^3$ wai$^4$ [Jyutping] ― Kat Hing Wai (a walled village in Yuen Long, Hong Kong)
* (Cantonese) Classifier for number of tables at a restaurant or a feast. (usually twelve people per table)
* (Cantonese) to tally; to calculate (an amount)
* (medicine) peri-

#### Synonyms

* (to surround):
* 包 (literary, or in compounds)
* 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
* 圍繞 / 围绕
* 拱 (gǒng)
* 環抱 / 环抱 (huánbào)
* 環繞 / 环绕
* 盤旋 / 盘旋 (pánxuán)
* 迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)

### Compounds

* 三圍 / 三围 (sānwéi)
* 入圍 / 入围 (rùwéi)
* 冒鋒突圍 / 冒锋突围
* 包圍 / 包围 (bāowéi)
* 十圍五攻 / 十围五攻
* 合圍 / 合围
* 周圍 / 周围 (zhōuwéi)
* 四圍 / 四围 (sìwéi)
* 圍住 / 围住 (wéizhù)
* 圍兜 / 围兜 (wéidōu)
* 圍剿 (wéijiǎo)
* 圍困 / 围困 (wéikùn)
* 圍坐 / 围坐 (wéizuò)
* 圍城 / 围城 (wéichéng)
* 圍城打援 / 围城打援
* 圍場 / 围场 (wéichǎng)
* 圍堵 / 围堵 (wéidǔ)
* 圍子 / 围子
* 圍尺 / 围尺
* 圍屏 / 围屏
* 圍巾 / 围巾 (wéijīn)
* 圍捕 / 围捕 (wéibǔ)
* 圍攏 / 围拢 (wéilǒng)
* 圍攻 / 围攻 (wéigōng)
* 圍村 / 围村 (wéicūn)
* 圍桌 / 围桌 (wéizhuō)
* 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí)
* 圍棋段位 / 围棋段位
* 圍標 / 围标 (wéibiāo)
* 圍爐 / 围炉 (wéilú)
* 圍牆 / 围墙 (wéiqiáng)
* 圍獵 / 围猎
* 圍籬 / 围篱 (wéilí)
* 圍網 / 围网 (wéiwǎng)
* 圍繞 / 围绕
* 圍脖兒 / 围脖儿 (wéibór)
* 圍腰 / 围腰
* 圍裙 / 围裙 (wéiqún)
* 圍觀 / 围观 (wéiguān)
* 圍阻體 / 围阻体
* 圍魏救趙 / 围魏救赵 (wéiwèijiùzhào)
* 團圍 / 团围
* 團團圍住 / 团团围住
* 土圍子 / 土围子
* 基圍 / 基围
* 壯圍 / 壮围 (Zhuàngwéi)
* 外圍 / 外围 (wàiwéi)
* 大圍山 / 大围山 (Dàwéishān)
* 帶圍 / 带围
* 打圍 / 打围 (dǎwéi)
* 打茶圍 / 打茶围
* 拔圍出夫 / 拔围出夫
* 攻圍 / 攻围 (gōngwéi)
* 柏林圍牆 / 柏林围墙 (Bólín Wéiqiáng)
* 棘圍 / 棘围
* 殺出重圍 / 杀出重围
* 氛圍 / 氛围
* 潰圍 / 溃围
* 為人解圍 / 为人解围
* 獵圍 / 猎围
* 珠圍翠擁 / 珠围翠拥
* 珠圍翠繞 / 珠围翠绕
* 珠繞翠圍 / 珠绕翠围
* 突圍 / 突围 (tūwéi)
* 竹圍 / 竹围 (Zhúwéi)
* 範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi)
* 翠繞珠圍 / 翠绕珠围
* 胸圍 / 胸围 (xiōngwéi)
* 腰圍 / 腰围 (yāowéi)
* 臀圍 / 臀围 (túnwéi)
* 茶圍 / 茶围
* 解圍 / 解围 (jiěwéi)
* 車圍 / 车围
* 重圍 / 重围 (chóngwéi)
* 長圍 / 长围
* 雰圍 / 氛围

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: vây (“to encircle”)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 囲 |
| Kyūjitai | 圍 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 囲)
* to surround, encircle

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: かこむ (kakomu, 圍む)、かこい (kakoi, 圍い)、かこう (kakou, 圍う)

## Korean
### Hanja

圍 (eumhun 둘레, 에워쌀 위 (dulle, ewossal wi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

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