• to surround, enclosure;
  • country;
  • something that surrounds;

Etymology

It is a pictograph representing the shape of something going around in a circle.

Usage in Korean

This character is not used independently outside of being a radical.

For the meaning “to enclose” (에워쌀 위), the character 圍 is used instead.

For the meaning “country” (나라 국), the character 國 is used.

Coincidentally, the radicals of both these characters are 囗.

에워쌀
ewossal
wi
Kangxi radical:31
Strokes:3
Unicode:U+56D7
Cangjie input:
  • 月一 (BM)
  • 難難月一 (XXBM)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 冂 一
Writing order
囗 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References

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