圈
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circle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom; classifier for loops, orbits, laps; to surround; to encircle; to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #744 U+5708
How 圈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
囗 (semantic, “enclosure”) + 卷 (phonetic, juàn)
How to remember it
circle · Heisig RSH #2449
pent in + 卷 exam paper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卷 (juàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卷 sound component | juàn | book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll |
| 惓 | quán | candid, sincere; careful, earnest |
| 绻 | quǎn | attached, inseparable, in love |
| 锩 | juàn | to bend iron |
Words containing 圈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圈地运动 | Quān dì Yùn dòng | Enclosure Movement |
| 大气圈 | dà qì quān | atmosphere |
| 出圈儿 | chū quān r | to overstep the bounds; to go too far |
| 生物圈 | shēng wù quān | biosphere |
| 可圈可点 | kě quān kě diǎn | remarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise |
| 文化圈 | wén huà quān | sphere of cultural influence |
| 罗圈儿 | luó quān r | erhua variant of 羅圈|罗圈[luo2 quan1] |
| 圈内人 | quān nèi rén | insider |
| 黑眼圈 | hēi yǎn quān | dark circles (under one's eyes); black eye |
| 眼圈红了 | yǎn quān hóng le | to be on the verge of tears |
| 感应线圈 | gǎn yìng xiàn quān | induction coil; solenoid |
| 圈子 | quān zi | circle; ring; (social) circle |
| 水圈 | shuǐ quān | (geography) hydrosphere |
| 圈地 | quān dì | staking a claim to territory; enclosure |
| 学术圈 | xué shù quān | academic circles; academia |
| 马圈 | mǎ juàn | stable |
| 大东亚共荣圈 | Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān | Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacifi… |
| 花圈 | huā quān | wreath; garland |
| 气圈 | qì quān | (planet) atmosphere; (medical) air ring; air cushion |
| 罗氏线圈 | Luó shì xiàn quān | Rogowski coil |