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Kanji Detail for 圍 - "surround, enclosure, perimeter, span, conceal"
圍
- Meaning
圍 means "surround, enclosure, perimeter, span, conceal."
Surround - To encircle; to enclose.
Enclosure - A surrounding barrier.
Perimeter - The circumference; surroundings.
Span - A unit of length; the span of both arms.
Conceal - To hide; to keep secret.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
enclose; surround; encircle; preserve; store; keep
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
surround, encircle, corral
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Wei
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to surround, to encircle, to corral
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To encircle. Such as 圍城, meaning surrounding a city with troops. | Hunting game. Hence hunting is called 打圍. | Measuring circumference is called 圍. Some say five inches is one 圍; some say one foot is one 圍; some say an armful is one 圍. The 圍尺 used today to measure the circumference of timber is also called 灘尺 or 卷尺 (tape measure).
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