圏

See also: 圈

圏 U+570F, 圏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570F ← 圎 [U+570E] CJK Unified Ideographs 圐 → [U+5710]

Translingual

Han character

圏 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU) or 難田火手山 (XWFQU), four-corner 6071₇, composition ⿴囗巻)

Related characters

• 圈 (Kyūjitai form of 圏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 220, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4815
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 722, character 13
• Unihan data for U+570F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 圈 with bottom component of 卷 written 己 (jǐ) instead of 㔾 (xiān).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 圏 – see 圈 (“pen; sty; fold; state; city; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 圈).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00733-001

Japanese

Shinjitai	圏
Kyūjitai	圈

Kanji

圏

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圈)

1. sphere; area; region

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon); ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi, 圏い)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
圏
けん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
圈 (kyūjitai)

/kwen/ → /ken/

From Middle Chinese 圏 (kyuen?, “to circle something; a corral”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) け​ん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

圏(けん) • (ken) ^{←くゑん (kwen)?}

1. a bounded area, a sphere, a region

   首都(しゅと)圏(けん)

   shutoken

   the capital area → the Tokyo metropolitan region

   英語(えいご)圏(けん)

   eigoken

   the English [language] area → the Anglophone world, the Anglosphere

   この圏(けん)の構成(こうせい)は…

   Kono ken no kōsei wa …

   The composition of this region… (mathematics)

2. (mathematics) category

Derived terms

• 圏論(けんろん) (kenron): (mathematics) category theory

Korean

Hanja

圏 • (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn)

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