圏

See also: 圈

圏	U+570F, 圏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570F

← 圎
[U+570E]

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圐 →
[U+5710]

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圏 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU) or 難田火手山 (XWFQU), four-corner 6071₇, composition ⿴囗巻)

Related characters

圈 (Kyūjitai form of 圏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 220, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4815
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 722, character 13
Unihan data for U+570F

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 圈 with bottom component of 卷 written 己 (jǐ) instead of 㔾 (xiān).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 圏 – see 圈 (“pen; sty; fold; state; city; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 圈).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00733-001

Shinjitai	圏
Kyūjitai	圈

Kanji

圏

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圈)

sphere; area; region

Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)、ごん (gon)
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kun: かこい (kakoi, 圏い)

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けん Grade: S
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圈 (kyūjitai)

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/kwen/ → /ken/

From Middle Chinese 圏 (kyuen?, “to circle something; a corral”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

圏(けん) • (ken) ^{←くゑん (kwen)^?}

a bounded area, a sphere, a region
首都(しゅと)圏(けん)
shutoken
the capital area → the Tokyo metropolitan region

英語(えいご)圏(けん)
eigoken
the English [language] area → the Anglophone world, the Anglosphere

この圏(けん)の構成(こうせい)は…
Kono ken no kōsei wa …
The composition of this region… (mathematics)
(mathematics) category

Derived terms

圏論(けんろん) (kenron): (mathematics) category theory

References

[1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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圏 • (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn)

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[DJR-1] [1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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