囲

囲 — surround, besiege, store

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #771 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: い i
Kun'yomi: かこ.む kako.mu

かこ.う kako.u

かこ.い kako.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 囲

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