漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
環: ring, circle
Also: loop
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 王jewelry(meaning)
- 睘(sound)
王 carries the meaning · 睘 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 環境かんきょう
- 一環いっかんlink (e.g. in a chain of events)
- 循環じゅんかんcirculation; rotation; cycle
- 環状かんじょうannulation; ring shape; loop shape
- 環境庁かんきょうちょう
- 悪循環あくじゅんかんvicious circle; vicious cycle
- 循環器じゅんかんきcirculatory organ
- 環境保護かんきょうほごenvironmental protection
Also read わ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)玉 jade (meaning) + 睘 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 環 (rev. 93448421), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side環 ring · 王
vs還 send back · ⻌In ChineseSimplified 环 · traditional, as in Japanese · huán
Japan keeps the traditional form 環; mainland China simplifies it to 环.
- Simplified
- 环 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 環 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huán 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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