CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

囗

 

 

3 strokes ( 囗 )

ㄨㄟ2 (weij2)

wéi

 

囗 = enclosure; to surround; erect, proud; upright; bald => pictographic representation of an walled area - this radical (radical 31) is a character component of over 20 modern characters and is typically used to indicate some kind of enclosure

similar: 口

 

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