Memory phrase for the character: 圈
圈
Meaning
confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround Pronunciation juān, juàn, quān Explanation Outside: enclosure 囗 , inside: spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二 ], slumped person 㔾 )
Mnemonic
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In an enclosure a guard secures a slumped person, that is confined. Radicals
囗
enclosure This radical is enclosing other items. A small square 口 within a character is understood as mouth.
卷
to roll (up), sweep up
龹
border guard The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms 二 . This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
㔾
slumped person (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 , sitting cross-legged 夂 , lying ⺈ , skilled才 , bending マ ,卩 , or husband 夫 )
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Vocabulary
线圈 xiàn quān
solenoid (electrical engineering); coil
2845
垫圈 diàn quān
washer (on bolt)
6689
罗圈儿揖
luó quānr yī
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
8867
罗圈儿揖
luó quānr yī
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) and two barrier bars 二. This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
, kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
