Kanji Detail for 圈 - "circle, ring, sphere"

圈

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
圈 means "circle, ring, sphere."
1. Circle - A round enclosure.
2. Ring - A circular band.
3. Sphere - A range; a domain.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sphere; circle; radius; range

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to circle; a circle; corral

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to confine; to lock up; to pen in

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

circle, ring, loop; to encircle

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

An enclosure for raising livestock. Colloquially, a place for raising pigs is also called 豬圈. | 桮圈: Bending wood to make cups and basins. Now curved lines forming circles are all called 圈.
Onyomi

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

kako.i(かこい)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

囗 (kunigamae)
Related Keywords
circle ring sphere enclosure pen corral fence domain range area zone region realm field loop hoop band orbit community group