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環

huán

jade ring or bracelet

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components
玉 meaning component

玉  Meaning component

yù

  

jade

睘 sound component

睘  Sound component

qióng

  

round

Evolution

環 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
環 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 環
Freq.
Word
Meaning

环境

environment

环

ring

环节

round segment

环保

environmental protection

循环

to cycle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ɢʷˤ<r>en

hwaen

huán

ring (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 37.0655% of movies

1012th most common character in movies

681st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

环

Unicode

U+74B0

Shuowen

“環，璧也。肉好若一謂之環。从玉，睘聲。”


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