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環 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「王」

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4Junior high level ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「王」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
わwa
Meaning
ring; circle; surroundings

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

玉 "jade" with 睘 "to go round": a ring of jade — a circle, and what surrounds.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan環状かんじょう環境かんきょう循環じゅんかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 環境かんきょう

    environment

  • 循環じゅんかん

    circulation

More words with this kanji

  • 悪循環あくじゅんかん
  • 苧環おだまき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

森(もり)の環境(かんきょう)を守(まも)る活動(かつどう)に参加(さんか)した。

I took part in an activity to protect the forest environment.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

環境循環環境bounda…循circul…珍rare玖black…玩toy wi…珈a jewe…玲tinkli…甘sweet汗sweat乾dry勧recomm…監overse…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 王Map of reading カンAll maps

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