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