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圈

quān

HSK 5 Character

What 圈 means

1. circle; ring; loop
2. (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom
3. classifier for loops, orbits, laps
4. to surround; to encircle
5. to circle (sth); to mark with a circle

Other readings

圈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juānto confine; to lock up; to pen in
• juànlivestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty

Example sentences

• 画一个圈。
  Draw a circle.
• 我喜欢甜甜圈。
  I like doughnuts.
• 圆圈是红色的。
  The circle is red.
• 请圈出正确答案。
  Please circle the right answer.
• 你的名字怎么圈了？
  Nǐ de míngzi zěnme quān le?
  Why is your name circled?
• 你的名字怎幺圈了？
  Why is your name circled?

Words starting with 圈

• 圈套quān tàotrap; snare; trick
• 圈子quān zicircle; ring; (social) circle
• 圈内quān nèiamong insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc)…
• 圈圈quān quanto draw a circle; cliques; circles
• 圈地quān dìstaking a claim to territory; enclosure
• 圈养juàn yǎngto rear (an animal) in an enclosure
• 圈定quān dìngto highlight sth by drawing a circle around it; (fig.) to designate; to delineate
• 圈数quān shùnumber of laps
• 圈粉quān fěn(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan; to garner new fans
• 圈钱quān qián(colloquial) (neologism, attested by 2006) to extract money unscrupulously…
• 圈点quān diǎnto mark a text with dots and circles; to punctuate
• 圈内人quān nèi réninsider
• 圈状物quān zhuàng wùhoop
• 圈票处quān piào chù(Taiwan) voting booth
• 圈圈点点quān quan diǎn diǎnannotations made in a book; fig. remarks and comments; to have an opinion on everything
• 圈地运动Quān dì Yùn dòngEnclosure Movement
• 圈圈叉叉quān quān chā chātic-tac-toe
• 圈aquān aat symbol, @

Words containing 圈

• 眼圈yǎn quānrim of the eye; eye socket
• 圆圈yuán quāncircle
• 猪圈zhū juàn(lit. and fig.) pigsty
• 花圈huā quānwreath; garland
• 光圈guāng quānaperture; diaphragm; halo
• 演艺圈yǎn yì quānshow business
• 转圈zhuàn quānto rotate; to twirl; to run around
• 怪圈guài quānvicious circle; (abnormal) phenomenon
• 烟圈yān quānsmoke ring
• 文化圈wén huà quānsphere of cultural influence
• 兜圈子dōu quān zito encircle; to go around; to circle
• 可圈可点kě quān kě diǎnremarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise
• 救生圈jiù shēng quānlife buoy; life belt; (jocular) flab; spare tire
• 项圈xiàng quānnecklace
• 出圈chū quānto gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
• 商圈shāng quāncommercial district; business district
• 套圈tào quānferrule; ring toss
• 成圈chéng quānto form a circle, ring or loop
• 政圈zhèng quāngovernment circle; political circle
• 气圈qì quān(planet) atmosphere; (medical) air ring; air cushion
• 水圈shuǐ quān(geography) hydrosphere
• 经圈jīng quānline of longitude; meridian (geography)
• 线圈xiàn quānsolenoid (electrical engineering); coil
• 罗圈luó quānround frame of a sieve

Characters built on 卷

These share the phonetic component 卷 (juàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
• 蜷quánto curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 鬈quánto curl; curled
• 绻quǎnused in 缱绻

Characters that look like 圈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 圆yuáncircle; round; circular
• 匿nìto hide
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard

Sounds the same

Read quān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 悛to reform
• 弮crossbow (arch.)
• 棬bowl