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圈

圈

圈 U+5708, 圈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5708
← 圇
[U+5707] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圉 →
[U+5709]
See also: 圏

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 圈
alt. 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, OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons) : semantic 囗 + phonetic 卷 ‎(OC *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 圈 圈 圈
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 仙 (80) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III Chongniu III III
Fanqie 求晚切 渠篆切 臼万切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡʉɐnX/ /ɡˠiuᴇnX/ /ɡʉɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷiɐnX/ /ɡʷᵚiɛnX/ /ɡʷiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuɐnX/ /ɡiuænX/ /ɡiuɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guanX/ /gwianX/ /guanH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiuɐnX/ /ɡjuɛnX/ /ɡiuɐnH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭwɐnX/ /ɡĭwɛnX/ /ɡĭwɐnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯wɐnX/ /gi̯wɛnX/ /gi̯wɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juàn juàn juàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 圈
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 juàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjwenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ](r)o[n]ʔ/
English enclosure for pigs

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 圈 圈 圈
Reading # 2/5 4/5 5/5
No. 7197 7205 7207
Phonetic
component		 卷 卷 卷
Rime
group		 元 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 圈 𧯦 圈
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡronʔ/ /*ɡlonʔ/ /*ɡlons/

Definitions

圈

  1. pen; sty; fold
  2. state; city
  3. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 圈
Reading # 1/5
No. 7189
Phonetic
component		 卷
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 弮
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰron/
Notes 同棬

Definitions

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 loops, orbits, laps of race, etc.

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

圈

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

圈

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

圈 • ‎(gwon) (hangeul 권)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圈 (khuyên, khoen, quyên, quyền)

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