Chinese Character Wiki
环

huán

jade ring or bracelet

Simplified form of 環. Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components
玉 meaning component

玉  Meaning component

yù

  

jade

不 simplified component

不  Simplified component

bù

  

no

Shorthand for the 睘 component in the traditional character 環.

Evolution

环 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
环 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
环 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
环 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
环 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

环 (環) 

huán

jade ring or bracelet; ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in

环 (環) 

Huán

surname Huan

Most common words with 环
Freq.
Word
Meaning

环境

environment

环

ring

环节

round segment

环保

environmental protection

循环

to cycle

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 37.0655% of movies

1012th most common character in movies

681st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

環

Unicode

U+73AF


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