围
wéiWéi HSK3

surround

围 (圍) wéi frequency
encircle verb
to surround or hem in from all sides

我们几个人把那只野兔围在中间。

wǒ​men jǐ gè rén bǎ nà zhī yě​tù wéi zài zhōng​jiān.

The few of us surrounded the wild rabbit.

wrap verb
to wear an item of clothing by wrapping it around the neck or body (such as a scarf or shawl)

天气很冷，她围着一条厚厚的红围巾。

tiān​qì hěn lěng, tā wéi zhe yī tiáo hòu hòu de hóng wéi​jīn.

The weather is cold, and she is wearing a thick red scarf.

all around directional
the area surrounding a center; located on all sides

他向四围看了看，没发现有人。

tā xiàng sì wéi kàn le kàn, méi fā​xiàn yǒu rén.

He looked all around but didn't see anyone.

围 (圍) Wéi
Wei proper name
the surname Wei

围经理正在会议室里和客户商谈明年的合作计划。

Wéi jīng​lǐ zhèng​zài huì​yì​shì lǐ hé kè​hù shāng​tán míng​nián de hé​zuò jì​huà.

Manager Wei is in the meeting room discussing next year's cooperation plan with a client.

Frequency
Character
Written text
576th most common 359.9 per million
Movie subtitles
900th most common 126.1 per million appears in 51% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.1 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
59.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
圍
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+56F4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)