圈
quānjuànjuān HSK4

circle, loop

圈 quān frequency
lap measure word
classifier for loops, orbits, or laps of a race

他绕着操场跑了五圈。

tā rào zhe cāo​chǎng pǎo le wǔ quān.

He ran five laps around the track.

circle measure word
a round shape, ring, or loop

他在日历上的那个日期处画了一个圈。

tā zài rì​lì shàng de nà gè rì​qī chù huà le yī gè quān.

He drew a circle around that date on the calendar.

surround verb
to encircle, surround, or mark something with a circle

老师在地图上圈出了那个城市。

lǎo​shī zài dì​tú shàng quān​chū le nà gè chéng​shì.

The teacher circled that city on the map.

圈 juàn
pen noun
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty

那只羊突然从圈里跳了出来。

nà zhī yáng tū​rán cóng juàn lǐ tiào le chū​lái.

The sheep suddenly jumped out of the pen.

圈 juān
confine verb
to confine, lock up, or pen in

别把孩子整天圈在家里。

bié bǎ hái​zi zhěng​tiān juān zài jiā lǐ.

Don't keep the child cooped up in the house all day.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,366th most common 88.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,113th most common 82.1 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
64.6 per million appears in 20% of films
Written text
77.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5708

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)