Character
a circle or ring shape
Readings and meanings
- a circle or ring shape
- a group of people who share the same work or interest
- one complete turn around something; to draw a circle around something
Examples
老师在纸上画了一个圈。
lǎo shī zài zhǐ shàng huà le yí gè quān
The teacher drew a circle on the paper.
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我每天跑三圈。
wǒ měi tiān pǎo sān quān
I run three laps every day.
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他的朋友圈很大。
tā de péng yǒu quān hěn dà
His circle of friends is very large.
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Words that use “圈” as quān
HSK 7–9 is the level of this reading in the official HSK 3.0 word list; other readings of 圈 can sit at a different level.
- livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty CC-CEDICT
juān
juan1Reading 3Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is quān.
- to keep an animal shut inside a fence or small space
Examples
他把狗圈起来了。
tā bǎ gǒu juān qǐ lái le
He shut the dog up inside the fence.
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不要把狗圈在家里。
bú yào bǎ gǒu juān zài jiā lǐ
Don't keep the dog shut inside the house.
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Stroke order
All 11 strokes
Practice writing 圈
Draw “圈” here — the faint guide shows its shape.