圈 quān▶ círculo

Stroke order

圈 is written in 11 strokes.

• 圈

Senses

1. circle; ring; loop
2. (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom
3. classifier for loops, orbits, laps
4. to surround; to encircle
5. to circle (sth); to mark with a circle

Related words

• 圈套trampa

圈 is pronounced quān and means “círculo”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 圈 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.