圈
quānjuànjuān HSK4

circle, loop

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Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 卷 represents the sound.

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
卷
卷 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjwenX[g](r)o[n]ʔ enclosure for pigs

說文解字

《說文》：“圈，養畜之閑也。从囗，卷聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)