囲む

• 読み: かこむ
• ローマ字: kakomu
• 漢字の分解: 囲 (kako/i) — surround, enclose
• 発音: /ka.ko.mɯ/

意味

To surround; to encircle. To form a ring or boundary around something.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb ending in む. Used for both physical surrounding (encircling a building) and figurative enclosure (gathering around a table). The expression 食卓を囲む (to gather around the dining table) is very common in daily Japanese. The passive 囲まれる (to be surrounded) is frequently used.

例文

1. 家族みんなで食卓を囲んだ。
2. 警察が建物を囲んでいる。
3. 美しい山々に囲まれた町に住んでいる。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, family, news

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the kanji 囲 (i/kako, to surround). The kanji shows a mouth radical 口 enclosing the character 井 (well), depicting the concept of enclosure.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal