环

ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #361 U+73AF

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 (semantic, “jade”) + 不 (phonetic, bù)

components: 王不

ring · Heisig RSH #994

ball + no symbol

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 不

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 不 (bù) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
不 sound component	bù	no, not, un-; negative prefix
怀	huái	bosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
坏	huài	bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
杯	bēi	cup, glass; measure word for liquids
罘	fú	a screen used in ancient times
钚	bù	plutonium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大气环流	dà qì huán liú	atmospheric circulation
环江毛南族自治县	Huán jiāng Máo nán zú Zì zhì xiàn	Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi
环节动物门	huán jié dòng wù mén	Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms
环法自行车赛	Huán Fǎ Zì xíng chē sài	Tour de France cycle race
环江县	Huán jiāng Xiàn	see 環江毛南族自治縣\|环江毛南族自治县[Huan2 jiang1 Mao2 nan2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
环节动物	huán jié dòng wù	annelid (worm)
环保主义者	huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě	environmentalist
大环	Dà Huán	Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
环县	Huán Xiàn	Huan County or Huanxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市\|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu
环保主义	huán bǎo zhǔ yì	environmentalism
环保科学	huán bǎo kē xué	environmental science
中环	Zhōng huán	Central, Hong Kong Island
外环线	wài huán xiàn	outer ring (road or rail line)
环球化	huán qiú huà	globalization
色相环	sè xiàng huán	color wheel
环形公路	huán xíng gōng lù	ring road; beltway
环球时报	Huán qiú Shí bào	Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報\|人民日报[Ren2 min2 …
拉环	lā huán	pull tab (on a drink can); strap handle (on a bus or train); ring-shaped door handle
环太平洋火山带	Huán Tài píng yáng Huǒ shān dài	Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
环化	huán huà	to cyclize; cyclization (chemistry)