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圈

quān, juān, juàn

circle, loop

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 卷 represents the sound.

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

卷 sound,meaning component

卷  Sound Meaning component

juǎn, juàn

  

curl, roll

Evolution

圈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
圈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
圈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

圈  

quān

to circle; a circle; corral; circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; CL:個|个[gè]; to surround

圈  

juān

to confine; to lock up; to pen in

圈  

juàn

pen (pig); a fold

Most common words with 圈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

圈

circle

圈子

circle

圈套

trap

眼圈

rim of the eye

商圈

commercial district

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g](r)o[n]ʔ

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juàn

enclosure for pigs


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 32.7567% of movies

1113th most common character in movies

1366th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5708

Shuowen

“圈，養畜之閑也。从囗，卷聲。”


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