環

環 U+74B0, 環 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74B0 ← 璯 [U+74AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 璱 → [U+74B1]

Japanese	環
Simplified	环
Traditional	環

環 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一土田中女 (MGWLV), four-corner 1613₂, composition ⿰𤣩睘)

• 𡈵

• 环 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 743, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21287
• Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1140, character 5
• Unihan data for U+74B0

trad.		環
simp.		环*

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷraːn) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ).

環

1. circle; ring; hoop

   指環／指环  ―  zhǐhuán  ―  finger ring

   耳環／耳环  ―  ěrhuán  ―  earring

2. link
3. to surround

   環繞／环绕  ―  huánrào  ―  to surround

   環法／环法  ―  Huán Fǎ  ―  Tour de France

   • 玉女九人環爐而立 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     玉女九人环炉而立 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春 [1]

     yùnǚ jiǔ rén huán lú ér lì [Pinyin]

     Nine beautiful maidens stood in a circle around the furnace

4. (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule)

   苯環／苯环  ―  běnhuán  ―  benzene ring

   雜環／杂环  ―  záhuán  ―  heterocycle

5. (mathematics) ring
6. (archery, shooting) ring
7. a surname

• (link): 環節／环节 (huánjié)

From Cantonese 灣／湾 (waan1-4, “bay”), used in certain place names. The low-falling tone change is possibly borrowed from Siyi Yue (Lau and Tang, 2020).

環

1. (used in place names in Hong Kong and Macau and compounds) bay

   四環九約／四环九约 [Cantonese]  ―  sei³ waan⁴ gau² joek³ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “环”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “环”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Shinjitai	環
Kyūjitai [1]	環󠄁 環+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	環󠄃 環+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. circle, ring, wheel

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: たまき (tamaki, 環)、まわる (mawaru, 環る)、めぐらす (megurasu, 環らす)、めぐる (meguru, 環る)、ゆびまき (yubimaki, 環)、わ (wa, 環)
• Nanori: たま (tama)、たまき (tamaki)、わ (wa)

Kanji in this term
環
かん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 環 (MC hwaen).

• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

環(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. ring
2. (algebra) ring

環(かん) • (kan-) ^{←くわん (kwan-)?}

1. circum-

Kanji in this term
環
わ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
輪

From Old Japanese.

• (Tokyo) わ [wáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠]

環(わ) • (wa) 

1. a ring or circle shape (such as a ring for a finger, or Saturn's rings)
2. a hoop (such as for a barrel)
3. a wheel (as of a vehicle)

• (circle shape): 丸(まる) (maru), 円形(えんけい) (enkei)
• (finger ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa)
• (barrel hoop): 箍(たが) (taga)
• (vehicle wheel): 車輪(しゃりん) (sharin)

Kanji in this term
環
たまき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
手纏 鐶

Originally a compound of 手 (ta, “hand”, ancient combining form of modern te) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the bracelet would be worn around the wrist.

• (Tokyo) たまき [táꜜmàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠kʲi]

環(たまき) • (tamaki) 

1. an ancient bracelet strung with jewels or bells and worn at the elbow
2. a longer tube-shaped gauntlet to protect the hand during archery
3. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

• (archery gauntlet): 手覆(たおおい) (taōi)
• (ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (yubimaki) (see below)

Kanji in this term
環
ゆびまき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
指巻 鐶

Originally a compound of 指 (yubi, “finger”, noun) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the ring would be worn around a finger.

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟bʲima̠kʲi]

環(ゆびまき) • (yubimaki) 

1. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

• 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (tamaki) (see above)

環 • (hwan) (hangeul 환)

1. jade ring or bracelet
2. ring

環: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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