漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
圏: sphere, circle
Also: radius, range
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
囗 carries the meaning · 巻 gives the sound
12 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 圏内けんないinside (a region, area, etc.)
- 首都圏しゅとけんGreater Tokyo Metropolitan area
- 北極圏ほっきょくけんArctic Circle; the Arctic
- 成層圏せいそうけんstratosphere
- 圏外けんがいoutside (a region, area, etc.)
- 勢力圏せいりょくけんsphere of influence
Also read かこい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a sturdy wall encircling a city! This radical completely wraps around other elements, containing them safely within its borders like a fence or a country's frontier.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 圈 · quān
圏 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 圈 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 圈 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 圈 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin quān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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