# 囲 — Surround

Frequency rank 492 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 総 (Whole), less common than 寄 (Draw Near).

- On’yomi: い
- Kun’yomi: かこ
- Radical: 囗 Enclosure (Kangxi 31)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A head (囗) encloses a well (井) — a wall surrounding a well on all sides, the water is completely surrounded.

In words:

- 囲む かこむ — to surround,to encircle
- 周囲 しゅうい — surroundings,circumference,environs
- 範囲 はんい — extent,scope,sphere,range

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