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Character Decomposition
圈=囗+卷
Etymology
enclosure
Meanings3 pronunciations
juān
to confine
to lock up
to pen in
juàn
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
quān
circle; ring; loop
(fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom
classifier for loops, orbits, laps
to surround; to encircle
to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
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Words with 圈 171 total
collar (animal)颈圈jǐng quānto remove manure from a cowshed, pigsty etc; to muck out出圈chū juànwreath · garland花圈huā quānstable马圈mǎ juànto remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) · to muck out起圈qǐ juànstaking a claim to territory · enclosure圈地quān dìto mark a text with dots and circles · to punctuate圈点quān diǎnto draw a circle · cliques · circles圈圈quān quanto rear (an animal) in an enclosure圈养juàn yǎngcircle · ring · (social) circle圈子quān ziround frame of a sieve罗圈luó quān(geography) hydrosphere水圈shuǐ quāncoil (of wire)线圈xiàn quānnecklace项圈xiàng quāncircle圆圈yuán quānferrule · ring toss套圈tào quānrim of the eye · eye socket眼圈yǎn quān(lit. and fig.) pigsty猪圈zhū juànsmoke ring烟圈yān quānjumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)钻圈zuān quān
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