圈

See also: 圏

Translingual

Han character

圈 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU), four-corner 6071₂, composition ⿴囗卷)

Derived characters

• 𬈨, 𣙢, 蔨, 𥱽

Related characters

• 圏 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 219, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4789
• Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 721, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5708

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Chinese

trad.		圈
simp. #		圈
alternative forms		圏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
腃	*kʰruls, *ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
菤	*kronʔ
捲	*kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron
埢	*kronʔ
睠	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
犈	*krons, *ɡron
棬	*kʰron
鬈	*kʰron, *ɡron
圈	*kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons
蜷	*ɡron
踡	*ɡron
婘	*ɡron
蔨	*ɡronʔ, *ɡrunʔ
倦	*ɡrons
淃	*ɡrons
綣	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
裷	*kʰonʔ, *qon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons) : semantic 囗 + phonetic 卷 (OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 圈

1. pen; sty; fold
2. state; city
3. (neologism, Internet slang, derogatory by comparison to sense 1) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 圈 (quān, “social circle; community”).
4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 圈

1. to enclose; to encircle; to circle
2. to mark with a circle
3. to bend; to angle; to curve
4. circle; ring; loop
5. area; circle
6. social circle; connections; group
7. trap; trick; trickery
8. Classifier for laps of a race, loops, orbits, etc.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Yale: jywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gyun⁶
    • Yale: gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 圈

1. to shut in a pen; to pen in
2. to lock up; to jail
3. to confine

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	圏
Kyūjitai	圈

Kanji

圈

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 圏)

1. range
2. orbit
3. sphere

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi)

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Korean

Hanja

圈 • (gwon) (hangeul 권)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 圈 (khuyên, khoen, quyên, quyền)

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