Character: 圈
Modern (Beijing) reading: quān
Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷren
Classic Old Chinese: khwren
Western Han Chinese: khwrjan
Eastern Han Chinese: khwran
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwen
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwen
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwen
Middle Chinese: khwen
English meaning : ring, circle [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: круг, окружность; кружок; петля (кружева, сети); обводить кружком; гасить кружком (марку); [juān] загнать, запереть (скотину); [juàn] загон, хлев; скотный двор
Comments: Also read *g(h)ʷrenʔ, MC gwén (with a variant reading gwǝ́n), Mand. juàn [Han] 'enclosure, stye'. Regular Sino-Viet. is khuyên.
Radical: 31
Four-angle index: 1891
Karlgren code: 0226 k
Vietnamese reading: khoen
