围 — Chinese character
围
wéi
to surround, to encircle, to corral
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Radical
- 31 ⼞ (Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 囗 韦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — enclosure; meaning component 囗; sound component 韦
- Traditional
- 圍
Common words with 围
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 范围 (範圍) | fàn wéi | range; scope |
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 围绕 (圍繞) | wéi rào | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) |
| 包围 (包圍) | bāo wéi | to surround; to encircle; to hem in |
| 外围 (外圍) | wài wéi | surrounding |
| 氛围 (氛圍) | fēn wéi | ambience; atmosphere |
| 围攻 (圍攻) | wéi gōng | to besiege; to beleaguer |
| 围墙 (圍牆) | wéi qiáng | perimeter wall; fence |
| 入围 (入圍) | rù wéi | to get past the qualifying round; to make it to the finals |
| 围剿 (圍剿) | wéi jiǎo | to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively |
| 围棋 (圍棋) | wéi qí | the game of Go |
| 围城 (圍城) | wéi chéng | siege; besieged city |
English words written with 围
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.