環

環 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一土田中女 (MGWLV), four-corner 1613₂, composition ⿰𤣩睘)

• 𡈵

• 环 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 743, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21287
• Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1140, character 5
• Unihan data for U+74B0

Historical forms of the character 環
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions File:ACC-b00554.svg b00554 File:ACC-b00555.svg b00555 File:ACC-b00556.svg b00556 Small seal script s00138 Transcribed ancient scripts File:ACC-L06252.svg L06252 L04052
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷraːn): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ).

Note similarities to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *hwaŋ (“to encircle; circular, fence”), whence Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “enclosure, compound”).

環

1. circle; ring; hoop

   指環／指环  ―  zhǐhuán  ―  finger ring

   耳環／耳环  ―  ěrhuán  ―  earring

2. link
3. to surround

   環繞／环绕  ―  huánrào  ―  to surround

   環法／环法  ―  Huán Fǎ  ―  Tour de France

   • 玉女九人環爐而立
     玉女九人环炉而立

     From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春

     yùnǚ jiǔ rén huán lú ér lì

     Nine beautiful maidens stood in a circle around the furnace

4. (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule)

   苯環／苯环  ―  běnhuán  ―  benzene ring

   雜環／杂环  ―  záhuán  ―  heterocycle

5. (mathematics) ring
6. (archery, shooting) ring
7. a surname

• (link): 環節／环节 (huánjié)

From Cantonese 灣／湾 (waan1-4, “bay”), used in certain place names. The low-falling tone change is possibly borrowed from Siyi Yue (Lau and Tang, 2020).

環

1. (used in place names in Hong Kong and Macau and compounds) bay

   四環九約／四环九约   ―  sei³ waan⁴ gau² joek³   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “環”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “环”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “环”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Shinjitai	環
Kyūjitai	環󠄁 環+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	環󠄃 環+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment. See here for details.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. circle, ring, wheel

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: たまき (tamaki, 環)、まわる (mawaru, 環る)、めぐらす (megurasu, 環らす)、めぐる (meguru, 環る)、ゆびまき (yubimaki, 環)、わ (wa, 環)
• Nanori: たま (tama)、たまき (tamaki)、わ (wa)

From Middle Chinese 環 (MC hwaen).

• (Tokyo) かん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

環(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. ring
2. (algebra) ring

環(かん) • (kan-) ^{←くわん (kwan-)?}

1. circum-

From Old Japanese.

• (Tokyo) わ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

環(わ) • (wa) 

1. a ring or circle shape (such as a ring for a finger, or Saturn's rings)
2. a hoop (such as for a barrel)
3. a wheel (as of a vehicle)

• (circle shape): 丸(まる) (maru), 円形(えんけい) (enkei)
• (finger ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa)
• (barrel hoop): 箍(たが) (taga)
• (vehicle wheel): 車輪(しゃりん) (sharin)

Originally a compound of 手 (ta, “hand”, ancient combining form of modern te) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the bracelet would be worn around the wrist.

• (Tokyo) たまき (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

環(たまき) • (tamaki) 

1. an ancient bracelet strung with jewels or bells and worn at the elbow
2. a longer tube-shaped gauntlet to protect the hand during archery
3. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

• (archery gauntlet): 手覆(たおおい) (taōi)
• (ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (yubimaki) (see below)

Originally a compound of 指 (yubi, “finger”, noun) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the ring would be worn around a finger.

• IPA^(key):

環(ゆびまき) • (yubimaki) 

1. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

• 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (tamaki) (see above)

環 • (hwan) (hangeul 환)

1. jade ring or bracelet
2. ring

環: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.