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环

huán

HSK 3 Character Traditional 環

What 环 means

1. ring
2. hoop
3. loop
4. (chain) link
5. classifier for scores in archery etc
6. to surround
7. to encircle
8. to hem in

Other readings

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

• Huánsurname Huan

Example sentences

• 土星有光环。
  Saturn has rings.
• 那是谁的环？
  Whose ring is that?
• 她环游了日本。
  Tā huányóu le Rìběn.
  She traveled around Japan.
• 我想环游世界。
  I'd like to travel around the world.
• 我要环游世界。
  I want to travel around the world.
• 我环游了欧洲。
  I travelled around Europe.

Words starting with 环

• 环境huán jìngenvironment; circumstances; surroundings
• 环节huán jié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)…
• 环保huán bǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护
• 环球huán qiúaround the world; worldwide
• 环绕huán ràoto surround; to circle; to revolve around
• 环顾huán gùto look around; to survey
• 环路huán lùring road; closed circuit; loop
• 环视huán shìto look around (a room etc); (fig.) to take a comprehensive look at
• 环抱huán bàoto encircle; to surround; to embrace
• 环岛huán dǎotraffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island
• 环卫huán wèipublic cleanliness; (urban) sanitation; environmental sanitation
• 环境污染huán jìng wū rǎnenvironmental pollution
• 环游huán yóuto travel around (the world, a country etc)
• 环线huán xiànring road; circle line (e.g. rail or subway)
• 环城huán chéngencircling the city (of walls, ring road etc); around the city
• 环形huán xíngring-shaped; (math) annulus
• 环保局huán bǎo júenvironment protection office; PRC National bureau of environmental protection
• 环住huán zhùto embrace
• 环化huán huàto cyclize; cyclization (chemistry)
• 环带huán dàiclitellum (worm anatomy)
• 环比huán bǐ(statistics) period on period…
• 环法Huán FǎTour de France cycle race; abbr. for 环法自行车赛
• 环评huán píngenvironmental impact assessment (EIA); abbr. for 环境影响评估
• 环面huán miànring surface; annulus; torus (math.)

Words containing 环

• 循环xún huánto cycle; to circulate; circle
• 耳环ěr huánearring
• 连环lián huánchain
• 光环guāng huánring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
• 连环画lián huán huàlianhuanhua (graphic novel)
• 中环Zhōng huánCentral, Hong Kong Island
• 恶性循环è xìng xún huánvicious circle
• 血液循环xuè yè xún huánblood circulation
• 丫环yā huanservant girl; maid
• 花环huā huángarland; floral hoop
• 铁环tiě huánan iron ring
• 李瑞环Lǐ Ruì huánLi Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician
• 上环shàng huán(colloquial) to be fitted with an IUD; (of a doctor) to insert an IUD
• 主环zhǔ huánprimary ring
• 大环Dà HuánTai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
• 手环shǒu huánwristband; bracelet
• 拉环lā huánpull tab (on a drink can); strap handle (on a bus or train); ring-shaped door handle
• 指环zhǐ huán(finger) ring
• 路环Lù huánColoane, an island of Macao
• 门环mén huándoor knocker (in the shape of a ring)
• 备用环bèi yòng huánbackup ring
• 外环线wài huán xiànouter ring (road or rail line)
• 大环境dà huán jìngthe environment (from a macro perspective); the broader context; the bigger picture
• 色相环sè xiàng huáncolor wheel

Characters that look like 环

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 坏huàibad; spoiled; broken
• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read huán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 圜circle; encircle
• 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)