囲

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 圍 (韋 → 井).

囲 (radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田廿廿 (WTT), composition ⿴囗井)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 217, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4722
• Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 714, character 1
• Unihan data for U+56F2

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圍)

1. to surround, encircle, corral
2. whip

As shinjitai form of 圍:

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: かこむ (kakomu, 囲む, Jōyō); かこい (kakoi, 囲い)^{←かこひ (kakofi, historical)}; かこう (kakou, 囲う, Jōyō)^{←かこふ (kakofu, historical)}

As original character:

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: むち (muchi)

• 囲 (い)碁 (ご) (Igo)

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 圍 (MC ɦʉi, ɦʉi^H). The kan'on.

• IPA^(key): [i]

囲 (hiragana い, rōmaji -i, historical hiragana ゐ)

1. counter for the amount that can be encircled in one's arms, used as a rough measurement of circumference (roughly 1.5 meters)

囲 (hiragana い, rōmaji i, historical hiragana ゐ)

1. surround; encircle; enclosure
2. circumference

囲 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. surround, encircle, corral
2. whip