圏

See also: 圈

圏 U+570F, 圏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570F ← 圎 [U+570E] CJK Unified Ideographs 圐 → [U+5710]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

圏 (radical 31 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU) or X田火手山 (XWFQU), composition ⿴囗巻)

1. to circle
2. a circle
3. corral

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 220, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4815
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 722, character 13
• Unihan data for U+570F

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 圏 – see 圈 (“pen; sty; fold; state; city; etc.”). (This character, 圏, is a variant form of 圈.)

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JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	圏
Kyūjitai	圈

KanjiEdit

圏

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圈)

1. sphere, area, region

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: こん (kon); ごん (gon)
• Kan’on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi, 圏い)

EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
圏
けん Grade: S
on’yomi

/kwen/ → /ken/

From Middle Chinese 圏 (kyuen?, “to circle something; a corral”).

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) け​ん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

NounEdit

圏 (hiragana けん, rōmaji ken, historical hiragana くゑん)

1. a bounded area, a sphere, a region

   首 (しゅ)都 (と)圏 (けん)

   shutoken

   the capital area → the Tokyo metropolitan region

   英 (えい)語 (ご)圏 (けん)

   eigoken

   the English [language] area → the Anglophone world, the Anglosphere

   この圏 (けん)の構 (こう)成 (せい)は…

   Kono ken no kōsei wa …

   The composition of this region… (mathematics)

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

圏 • (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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