See also:
U+570F, 圏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570F

[U+570E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5710]

Translingual

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Han character

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

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Unorthodox variant of with bottom component of written () instead of (xiān).

Definitions

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

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. sphere; area; region

Readings

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

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/kwen//ken/

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(けん) (kenくゑん (kwen)?

  1. a bounded area, a sphere, a region
    首都(しゅと)(けん)
    shutoken
    the capital area → the Tokyo metropolitan region
    英語(えいご)(けん)
    eigoken
    the English [language] area → the Anglophone world, the Anglosphere
    この(けん)構成(こうせい)は…
    Kono ken no kōsei wa …
    The composition of this region(mathematics)
  2. (mathematics) category

Derived terms

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References

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

Korean

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Hanja

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(gwon) (hangeul , revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn)

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