囲 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
- On
- イい · i
- Kun
- かこ(む)・かこ(う)kako(mu) · kako(u)
- Meaning
- to surround; enclose
Stroke order
Origin
囗 "enclosure" with 井; ringing something all around — hence "to surround."
Readings and examples
| Onイいi | 囲碁いご包囲ほうい範囲はんい |
|---|---|
| Kunかこむkakomu | 囲むかこむ囲みかこみ |
| Kunかこうkakō | 囲うかこう囲いかこい |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 周囲しゅうい
surroundings; circumference
- 範囲はんい
range; scope
- 雰囲気ふんいき
- 雰囲ふんい
- 囲碁いご
- 氛囲気ふんいき
- 囲繞いにょう
- 囲遶いにょう
Example
みんなでたき火を囲んだ。
We all sat around the bonfire.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)