enclosure

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph representing a closed rectangle or enclosure. In seal script and oracle-bone script, it depicts the concept of surrounding, containment, or boundary of a space.

Mnemonic: This three-stroke closed rectangle looks like a box or fence enclosing something.

• 囗wéi🔊

  enclosure

  3 strokes

• 四sì🔊

  four

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 囚qiú🔊

  prisoner

  5 strokes

• 回huí🔊

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 因yīn🔊

  old variant of 因[yin1]

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 团tuán🔊

  round

  HSK 3

  6 strokes

• 囝jiǎn🔊

  child

  6 strokes

• 囟xìn🔊

  fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

  6 strokes

• 囡nān🔊

  child

  6 strokes

• 困kùn🔊

  sleepy

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 囧jiǒng🔊

  (archaic) light, bright (variant of 冏[jiong3])

  7 strokes

• 园yuán🔊

  land used for growing plants

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 围wéi🔊

  to encircle

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 囤dùn🔊

  bin for grain

  7 strokes

• 囥kàng🔊

  (dialect) to hide

  7 strokes

• 囦yuān🔊

  old variant of 淵|渊[yuan1]

  7 strokes

• 囨piān🔊

  expression of contempt equivalent to 呸[pei1]

  7 strokes

• 囱cōng🔊

  (bound form) chimney

  7 strokes

• 囫hú🔊

  used in 囫圇|囫囵[hu2 lun2]

  7 strokes

• 囬huí🔊

  variant of 回[hui2]

  7 strokes

• 囮é🔊

  decoy

  7 strokes

• 囯guó🔊

  variant of 國|国[guo2]

  7 strokes

• 囵lún🔊

  used in 囫圇|囫囵[hu2 lun2]

  7 strokes

• 图tú🔊

  diagram

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 国guó🔊

  country; nation; state

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 囶guó🔊

  old variant of 國|国[guo2]

  8 strokes

• 囷qūn🔊

  granary

  8 strokes

• 囸rì🔊

  old variant of 日[ri4]

  8 strokes

• 囹líng🔊

  used in 囹圄[ling2 yu3]

  8 strokes

• 固gù🔊

  hard

  8 strokes

• 囻guó🔊

  old variant of 國|国[guo2]

  8 strokes

• 囿yòu🔊

  park

  9 strokes

• 圀guó🔊

  old variant of 國|国[guo2]

  9 strokes

• 圆yuán🔊

  circle

  HSK 4

  10 strokes

• 圂hùn🔊

  grain-fed animals

  10 strokes

• 圃pǔ🔊

  garden

  10 strokes

• 圄yǔ🔊

  prison

  10 strokes

• 圈quān🔊

  circle; ring; loop

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 圉yǔ🔊

  horse stable

  11 strokes

• 圊qīng🔊

  restroom

  11 strokes

• 圌chuí🔊

  name of a mountain

  12 strokes

• 圐kū🔊

  used in 圐圙[ku1 lu:e4]

  12 strokes

• 圕tuān🔊

  library (contracted form of 圖書館|图书馆[tu2 shu1 guan3])

  13 strokes

• 圙lüè🔊

  used in 圐圙[ku1 lu:e4]

  14 strokes

• 圛yì🔊

  mist rolling upwards

  16 strokes

• 圜huán🔊

  circle

  16 strokes