Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 围
|
|
围 |
|
Hanzi-Trainer
|
|
|
|
Meaning |
to encircle, to surround, enwrapped |
Pronunciation |
wéi |
Explanation |
Left: enclosure 囗, right: soft leather 韦/韋 (Two layers 二 are separated with a special sword 刀 to make leather.) |
Mnemonic
| (Think of a shoe 鞋) It makes it enclosed by leather, to be well encircled. |
Radicals
|
囗
|
enclosure | (This radical is enclosing other items. A small square 口 within a character is understood as mouth.) |
|
韦
|
soft leather | (untanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two 二 layers with a longer blade丨 of a sword 刀 - The radical 革 stands for tanned leather. The radical 皮 is used for skin.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
|
Vocabulary
| 包围 |
bāo wéi |
to surround; to encircle; to hem in | | 周围 |
zhōu wéi |
nvironment; to encompass; surroundings; environment | | 范围 |
fàn wéi |
range; scope; limit; extent | | 围绕 |
wéi rào |
to revolve around; to center on (an issue) | | 围墙 |
wéi qiáng |
enclosure | | 围裙 |
wéi qún |
apron | | 围剿 |
wéi jiǎo |
to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards | | 围垦 |
wéi kěn |
to reclaim land by diking |
|
|
