圓

See also 圆, 円, 圎, and 圜

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 囗 + phonetic 員

Han character

圓 (radical 31 囗+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田口月金 (WRBC), four-corner 6080₆, composition ⿴囗員)

1. circle
2. round, circular
3. complete

References

• KangXi: page 220, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4819
• Dae Jaweon: page 451, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 724, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5713

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Cantonese

simpl.		圆
trad.		圓

Hanzi

圓 (simplified 圆, Yale yun4)

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Japanese

shinjitai	円
simplified	圆
traditional	圓

Kanji

圓

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: まるい (marui)

Noun

圓 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai 円, hiragana えん, romaji en)

1. Yen
2. circle

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Korean

Hanja

圓
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 원 (revised: won, McCune-Reischauer: wŏn)

• Name (hangeul): 둥글()

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Mandarin

simpl.		圆
trad.		圓

Hanzi

圓 (simplified 圆, pinyin yuán (yuan2), Wade-Giles yüan²)

Verb

圓 (traditional, Pinyin yuán, simplified 圆)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to be circular

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Middle Chinese

Han character

圓 (*hyuɛn)

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Min Nan

simpl.		圆
trad.		圓

Hanzi

圓 (POJ ôan, gôan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圓 (viên, vin)