围 wéi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 韦 tanned leather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
围墙
wéiqiáng
enclosing wall; boundary wall
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 旧厂区的围墙虽然斑驳，却记录了城市工业化早期的痕迹。 Jiù chǎngqū de wéiqiáng suīrán bānbó, què jìlù le chéngshì gōngyèhuà zǎoqī de hénjì. Although the old factory's boundary wall is mottled, it records traces of the city's early industrialisation.
- 学校的围墙外种满了绿树。 Xuéxiào de wéiqiáng wài zhòng mǎn le lǜshù. Green trees are planted all along the outside of the school's wall.
- 我们沿着公园的围墙散步，边走边聊。 Wǒmen yánzhe gōngyuán de wéiqiáng sànbù, biān zǒu biān liáo. We strolled along the park's boundary wall, chatting as we walked.
Related words
- 范围 fànwéi range; limits
- 围 wéi to surround
- 周围 zhōuwéi around; surroundings
- 围巾 wéijīn scarf
- 包围 bāowéi to surround
- 围绕 wéirào to surround; to center on
- 氛围 fēnwéi atmosphere, ambience
- 围棋 wéiqí Go
- 解围 jiěwéi to help out of a difficult situation; to relieve a siege
- 围观 wéiguān to gather around and watch
- 墙 qiáng wall
- 墙壁 qiángbì wall