圏

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See also: 圈
圏 U+570F, 圏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570F
← 圎
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圐 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

圏 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU) or 難田火手山 (XWFQU), four-corner 60717, composition ⿴囗巻)

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 圈 with bottom component of 卷 written 己 (jǐ) instead of 㔾 (xiān).

Definitions

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

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

圏

Kyūjitai

圈

Kanji

圏

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圈)

  1. sphere; area; region

Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon)、ごん (gon)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
  • Kun: かこい (kakoi, 圏い)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
圏
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
圈 (kyūjitai)

/kwen/ → /ken/

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

Pronunciation

Noun

圏(けん) • (ken) ←くゑん (kwen)?

  1. a bounded area, a sphere, a region
    首都(しゅと)圏(けん)
    shutoken
    the capital area → the Tokyo metropolitan region
    英語(えいご)圏(けん)
    eigoken
    the English area → the Anglophone world, the Anglosphere
    この圏(けん)の構成(こうせい)は…
    Kono ken no kōsei wa …
    The composition of this region… (mathematics)
  2. (mathematics) category

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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