圈
3 readings · tap one to hear it
circle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom; classifier for loops, orbits, laps; to surround; to encircle; to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 囗 +8
- Structure
- Enclosure 包围
- Traditional
- 圈
- Common rank
- #744
- Unicode
- U+5708
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
circle · Heisig RSH #2449
pent in + 卷 exam paper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 圈
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圈地运动 | Enclosure Movement | |
| 大气圈 | atmosphere | |
| 出圈儿 | to overstep the bounds; to go too far | |
| 生物圈 | biosphere | |
| 可圈可点 | remarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise | |
| 文化圈 | sphere of cultural influence | |
| 罗圈儿 | erhua variant of 羅圈|罗圈[luo2 quan1] | |
| 圈内人 | insider | |
| 黑眼圈 | dark circles (under one's eyes); black eye | |
| 眼圈红了 | to be on the verge of tears | |
| 感应线圈 | induction coil; solenoid | |
| 圈子 | circle; ring; (social) circle | |
| 水圈 | (geography) hydrosphere | |
| 圈地 | staking a claim to territory; enclosure | |
| 学术圈 | academic circles; academia | |
| 马圈 | stable | |
| 大东亚共荣圈 | Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacifi… | |
| 花圈 | wreath; garland | |
| 气圈 | (planet) atmosphere; (medical) air ring; air cushion | |
| 罗氏线圈 | Rogowski coil |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卷 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卷 sound part | book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll | |
| 惓 | candid, sincere; careful, earnest | |
| 绻 | attached, inseparable, in love | |
| 锩 | to bend iron |