圆 (yuán): circle, round, circular
圆 (yuán) is a Chinese character meaning “circle.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 囗 (semantic) and 员 (phonetic). It ranks #1143 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 圆 enclosure. Its radical form 囗 (enclosure) appears in many related characters such as 四 (sì, four), 回 (huí, to circle), 国 (guó, country).
Definitions
- circle
- round
- circular
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 圆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 圆满adjective | yuán mǎn | satisfactory | 6 |
| 团圆verb | tuán yuán | to have a reunion | 6 |
| 汤圆noun | tāng yuán | boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方圆noun | fāng yuán | perimeter |
| 圆形adjective | yuán xíng | round |
| 圆圈noun | yuán quān | circle |
| 圆滑adjective | yuán huá | smooth and evasive |
| 圆盘noun | yuán pán | disk |
| 圆桌noun | yuán zhuō | round table |
| 破镜重圆 | pò jìng chóng yuán | (lit.) the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) |
| 圆顶noun | yuán dǐng | dome |
| 椭圆noun | tuǒ yuán | oval |
| 圆珠笔noun | yuán zhū bǐ | ballpoint pen |
| 圆点 | yuán diǎn | dot |
| 圆球noun | yuán qiú | ball |
| 自圆其说 | zì yuán qí shuō | (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent |
| 圆筒noun | yuán tǒng | circular cylinder |
| 圆柱noun | yuán zhù | column |
圆 appears in 100 compound words: 61 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 圆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
Showing 8 of 9 idioms containing 圆.
Example Sentences
了解圆字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè yuán zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "圆" (yuan) helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
立法院迁址“新地点”! 韩国瑜抛“征收圆山饭店”
lì fǎ yuàn qiān zhǐ xīn dì diǎn ! hán guó 瑜 pāo zhēng shōu yuán shān fàn diàn
The Legislative Yuan moved to a "new location"! Han Kuo-yu threw "expropriation of the Yuanshan Hotel"
当年轻人成为过年“主理人”,让团圆找到新载体
dāng nián qīng rén chéng wéi guò nián zhǔ lǐ rén , ràng tuán yuán zhǎo dào xīn zài tǐ
When young people become the "managers" of the New Year, let the reunion find a new carrier
新春走基层|货运列车检车员:迟来的团圆,只为让更多..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng huò yùn liè chē jiǎn chē yuán : chí lái de tuán yuán , zhī wéi ràng gēng duō . .
Freight train inspector: belated reunion, just to let more:
王心迪:在自己圆梦的同时,也帮助徐梦桃圆梦了
wáng xīn dí : zài zì jǐ yuán mèng de tóng shí , yě bāng zhù xú mèng táo yuán mèng le
Wang Xindi: While realizing his dream, he also helped Xu Mengtao realize his dream
...年味种在“商城之心”,在商博遇见另一种团圆
. . . nián wèi zhǒng zài shāng chéng zhī xīn , zài shāng bó yù jiàn lìng yī zhǒng tuán yuán
... The taste of the New Year is planted in the "heart of the mall", and another reunion is met at the business expo
用圆周能不能求得直径？
Yòng yuánzhōu néng bù néng qiúdé zhíjìng?
Is it possible to determine the diameter from the circumference?
你能用圆珠笔写吗？
Nǐ néng yòng yuánzhūbǐ xiě ma?
Would you please write with a ballpoint pen?
一块圆桌玻璃被打碎了。
Yīkuài yuánzhuō bōli bèi dǎsuì le.
The glass round table was smashed.
他说新的谎话来圆以前说的谎话。
Tā shuō xīn de huǎnghuà lái yuán yǐqián shuō de huǎnghuà.
He tells a new lie to cover up those that came before.
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