Chinese symbol for “enclose”
捂
wǔ
to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enclose is 捂 (wǔ), defined as: to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “enclose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封入 | fēng rù | to enclose |
| 封装 (封裝) | fēng zhuāng | to encapsulate; to enclose |
| 包住 | bāo zhù | to envelop; to wrap |
| 附寄 | fù jì | to enclose |
| 围起 (圍起) | wéi qǐ | to surround; to encircle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捂住 | wǔ zhù | to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) |
| 捂脸 (捂臉) | wǔ liǎn | to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enclose”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.