Chinese symbol for “siege”
围城
wéi chéng
Traditional: 圍城
siege; besieged city
The closest CC-CEDICT match for siege is 围城 (wéi chéng), defined as: siege; besieged city.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 围城.
| 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 |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
See also: Japanese symbol for “siege”.
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.