EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

    彼は群衆に取り囲まれた。
    He was surrounded by the crowd.

Also written 取囲む【とりかこむ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

take, fetch, take up

Kun
と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り
On
シュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
122 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

どる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
6e2.2The Kanji Dictionary
1714.0Four corner code
3267deroo
53d6Unicode hex code
1-28-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3699Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
679New Nelson (John Haig)
1262New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
847Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1162Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
819Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
882Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
650Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
108Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3158Morohashi
301A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
65Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238sakade
393Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
317henshall3
303Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
194crowley
270Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
269Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
827Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu3Pinyin reading
chwiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep

Kun
かこ.むかこ.うかこ.い
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
771 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
3s4.2The Kanji Dictionary
6055.0Four corner code
1955deroo
56f2Unicode hex code
1-16-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1032Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
945New Nelson (John Haig)
3069New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3807Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1949Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2643Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1807Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1948Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
945A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
501AJapanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
803Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4722Morohashi
422A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1194Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1257Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343sakade
423Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
446henshall3
474Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1062Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
340Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1825Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei2Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level