wéi

surround

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Pictograph of a wall surrounding an area. Component form of (traditional ).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯl

說文解字

《說文》:“囗,回也。象回帀之形。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica