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圜

huán

Character

What 圜 means

1. circle
2. encircle

Other readings

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

• yuáncircle; round

Words containing 圜

• 转圜zhuǎn huánto save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede
• 转圜余地zhuǎn huán yú dìto have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)

Characters built on 睘

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

• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 鬟huána knot of hair on top of head
• 鹮huánspoonbill; ibis; family Threskiornithidae
• 轘huànto tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 嬛huán(used in names)
• 缳huánto bind; to tie; lace

Characters that look like 圜

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

• 慧huìintelligent
• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 畿jīterritory around the capital
• 樊fán(literary) fence
• 濡rúdilatory; to moisten
• 懑mènmelancholy

Sounds the same

Read huán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 环ring; hoop; loop
• 寰large domain; extensive region
• 还to pay back; to return
• 桓Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 鬟a knot of hair on top of head
• 鹮spoonbill; ibis; family Threskiornithidae
• 锾ancient unit of weight; money
• 洹name of a river
• 嬛(used in names)
• 瓛(old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies
• 貆badger
• 澴to return (of waves)