囗

See also: 圍, 國, and 口
囗 U+56D7, 囗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56D7
← 囖
[U+56D6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囘 →
[U+56D8]

Translingual
Stroke order

Alternative forms
  • ⼞ (U+2F1E, Kangxi radical)

Han character

囗 (radical 31, 囗+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM) or XX月一 (XXBM), four-corner 60000, composition ⿰匚丨)

  1. Kangxi radical #31, ⼞.

Usage notes

This character (囗) is used for enclosures. If a square is used within a character, then the character is 口 (“mouth”) (U+53E3) instead.

Derived characters
  • Index:Chinese radical/囗

References

Wikidata

  • KangXi: page 216, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4675
  • Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 710, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+56D7

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 囗
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 囗 – see 圍 (“to surround; to encircle; to corral; all sides; etc.”).
(This character, 囗, is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 圍.)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 囗 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character, 囗, is a variant form of 國.)

Japanese

Kanji
囗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. the "country" radical, called 国 (くに)構 (がまえ) (kunigamae)

Readings

As a radical and variant kanji for 国 (“country”):

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: こく (koku)
  • Kun: くに (kuni, 囗); くにがまえ (kunigamae, 囗)←くにがまへ (kunigamafe, historical)

As a variant kanji for 囲 (“to surround/encircle”):

Korean

Hanja

囗 (eum 국 (guk))

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Hanja

囗 (eum 위 (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

囗: Hán Việt readings: vi[1]

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References
  1. Trần (2004).
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