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.

• 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