圈 (quān)
circle; ring; loop
How 圈 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Traditional
- 圈
- Simplified
- 圈 (unchanged)
Components
- 囗 enclosure
- 二 two
- 丨 line
- 丷 eight/divide
- 八 eight/divide
- 乚 second
- ㇆ N/A
圈 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- juān
- to confine; to lock up; to pen in
- juàn
- pen (pig); a fold
- quān
- circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc
Common words using 圈
- 光圈 guāngquān
- aperture; diaphragm
- 呼啦圈 hūlāquān
- hula hoop
- 圈圈 quānquan
- to draw a circle; cliques; circles
- 圈套 quāntào
- trap; snare; trick
- 圈子 quānzi
- circle; ring
- 圓圈 yuánquān
- circle
- 怪圈 guàiquān
- vicious circle; (abnormal) phenomenon
- 眼圈 yǎnquān
- rim of the eye; eye socket
- 轉圈 zhuànquān
- to rotate; to twirl; to run around
- 兜圈子 dōuquānzi
- to encircle; to go around; to circle
- 出圈 chūquān
- to muck out; to clean muck from a cowshed, pigsty etc
- 北極圈 běijíquān
- Arctic Circle
圈 in a sentence
請在正確答案上畫圈。
Qǐng zài zhèngquè dá'àn shàng huà quān.
“Please draw a circle on the correct answer.”
How common is 圈?
圈 is the 1,364th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.5% of all running text.
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