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The kanji 囲: meaning, readings and stroke order
囲
- Meaning
- surround, enclose
- On reading
- イ i
- Kun reading
- かこ（む） kakomu、かこ（う） kakou
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 enclosure
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 圍
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vây quanh, rào (vi)
- Japanese
- まわりを かこむ。まわり。
- Korean
- 둘러싸다, 둘레 (위)
- Chinese
- 包围、周围 (围)
Readings, words and example sentences
イ i · on reading
周囲
surroundings, all around
池の 周囲を ゆっくり 歩きます。
I walk slowly around the pond.
かこ（む） kakomu · kun reading
囲む
to surround, to gather around
みんなで 火を 囲みます。
We all gather around the fire.
かこ（う） kakou · kun reading · less common
囲う
to fence in, to enclose
畑を さくで 囲います。
They put a fence around the field.
Practise writing 囲 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 囲 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.