圈 · quān
to circle; a circle; corral
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
to circle; a circle; corral
- Mandarin
- quān
- Cantonese
- hyun1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 圈 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ケン ゲン ガン ゴン カン おり かこいKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 권
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5708
- Radical
- 囗 · 31
- Strokes
- 11 · Unihan
- Residual
- 8
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
11 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 圈
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 卷 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 卷聲
Line 17238 · ⿴囗卷 · 卷聲 · source reference 2260130
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- khjwen · 丘圓 反切 · #641
- Middle Chinese
- gjwonX · 求晚 反切 · #1525
- Middle Chinese
- gjwenX · 渠篆 反切 · #1646
- Middle Chinese
- gjwonH · 臼万 反切 · #2608
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 5141 · khjwen = 山合三平仙溪 · gjwonX = 山合三上元群 · gjwenX = 山合三上仙群 · gjwonH = 山合三去元群
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- quān
- kCantonese
- hyun1
- kDefinition
- to circle; a circle; corral
- kTotalStrokes
- 11
- kRSUnicode
- 31.8
- kGradeLevel
- 4
- kTGH
- 2013:2302
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- juàn,juān,quān,quán,juǎn 10721.080
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- juān 0616.060 · juàn 0617.060 · quān 0947.060
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- juān 186.210 · juàn 187.140 · quān 309.060
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- quān(169) juàn(12)
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 丘圓 求晚 渠篆 臼万
- Kangxi positions
- 0219.070
- Guangyun positions
- 281.15 293.44 399.02
- GSR references
- 0226k
- Cangjie
- WFQU
- Four-corner
- 6071.2