# 環

| 環 | U+74B0, &#29872; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74B0 |
| ← 璯 [U+74AF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 璱 → [U+74B1] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 環 |
| Simplified | 环 |
| Traditional | 環 |

### Han character

環 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一土田中女 (MGWLV), four-corner 1613$_2$, composition ⿰𤣩睘)

#### Derived characters

* 𡈵

#### Related characters

* 环 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 743, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21287
* Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1140, character 5
* Unihan data for U+74B0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 環 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷraːn) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ).

### Etymology 1

Note similarities to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *hwaŋ (“to encircle; circular, fence”), whence Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “enclosure, compound”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huán (huan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huan$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): huán
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): kuán / huán
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуан (huan, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): van$^3$ / van$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fan$^4$ / uan$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fàn / vàn / khoàn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fan$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): huan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): uǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): kuàng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): koeng$^2$ / kyeng$^2$ / kuang$^2$ / kuong$^2$ / huang$^2$ / huong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khoân / hoân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^5$ / huêng$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): huang$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$gue / $^2$gue / $^2$guon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huán
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huán
*** Wade–Giles: huan$^2$
*** Yale: hwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
*** Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯än³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: huan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
*** Sinological IPA : /xuan²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: huán
*** Sinological IPA : /xuã²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: kuán / huán
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): kuan$^2$ / huan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuã²⁴/, /xuã²⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуан (huan, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^4$
*** Yale: wàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: van$^3$ / van$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /van²²/, /van²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^4$ / uan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fan³⁵/, /uan³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn / vàn / khoàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˇ$ / van$^ˇ$ / kuan$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^2$ / van$^2$ / kuan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/, /van¹¹/, /kʰoan¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: huan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /uiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kuàng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuaŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: koeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰœŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kyeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyøŋ¹³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kuang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuaŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kuong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuoŋ¹³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ¹³/
* koeng2/kyeng2 - vernacular (“to surround; around; classifier for number of times”);
* kuang2/kuong2 - older literary;
* huang2/huong2 - newer literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit環 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xuan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xuan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xuã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xuã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xuan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xuã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xuã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xuan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xuɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xuan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xuan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /xuan³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /xuan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xuã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kʰuaŋ²⁴/ /xuaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xuæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xuæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɡue²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɡue̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɡuõ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /va³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xuɛ⁴⁴/ /uɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /uːən⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fan¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɸan¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uan⁴⁵/ 耳～ /fan⁴⁵/ 門～ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fan¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰuɑn¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wan²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wan²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wan²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /huan³⁵/ /kʰuan³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰuaŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /uiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /huaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /huaŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: hwaen
Rime :
| Character | 環 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (70) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸關切 |
| Baxter | hwaen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠuan/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuan/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣwan/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣwan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | waan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢʷˤ<r>en/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 環 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwæn › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/ |
| English | ring (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 環 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16231 |
| Phonetic component | 睘 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 還 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷraːn/ |

#### Definitions

環
* circle; ring; hoop
    指環／指环 ― zhǐhuán ― finger ring
    耳環／耳环 ― ěrhuán ― earring
* link
* to surround
    環繞／环绕 ― huánrào ― to surround
    環法／环法 ― Huán Fǎ ― Tour de France
    From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春
    yùnǚ jiǔ rén huán lú ér lì [Pinyin]
    Nine beautiful maidens stood in a circle around the furnace
* (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule)
    苯環／苯环 ― běnhuán ― benzene ring
    雜環／杂环 ― záhuán ― heterocycle
* (mathematics) ring
* (archery, shooting) ring
* a surname

##### Synonyms

* (link): 環節／环节 (huánjié)

#### Compounds

* 三環五扣 / 三环五扣
* 九連環 / 九连环 (jiǔliánhuán)
* 了事環 / 了事环
* 二聖環 / 二圣环
* 亨利氏環 / 亨利氏环 (hēnglìshìhuán)
* 佩環 / 佩环
* 侵蝕循環 / 侵蚀循环
* 光環 / 光环 (guānghuán)
* 公共環境 / 公共环境
* 刀環 / 刀环
* 吊環 / 吊环 (diàohuán)
* 單循環賽 / 单循环赛
* 四環素 / 四环素 (sìhuánsù)
* 圓環 / 圆环 (yuánhuán)
* 地理環境 / 地理环境
* 大循環 / 大循环
* 大氣環流 / 大气环流
* 大環境 / 大环境 (dàhuánjìng)
* 大腦動脈環 / 大脑动脉环 (dànǎodòngmàihuán)
* 天理循環 / 天理循环
* 天道循環 / 天道循环
* 套環兒 / 套环儿
* 威利氏環 / 威利氏环 (wēilìshìhuán)
* 子宮環 / 子宫环 (zǐgōnghuán)
* 小循環 / 小循环
* 居住環境 / 居住环境
* 岩石循環 / 岩石循环
* 強敵環伺 / 强敌环伺
* 彄環 / 𫸩环
* 循環 / 循环 (xúnhuán)
* 循環不息 / 循环不息 (xúnhuánbùxī)
* 循環制 / 循环制
* 循環反覆 / 循环反覆
* 循環小數 / 循环小数 (xúnhuán xiǎoshù)
* 循環系統 / 循环系统 (xúnhuán xìtǒng)
* 循環論證 / 循环论证 (xúnhuán lùnzhèng)
* 循環賽 / 循环赛
* 惡性循環 / 恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán)
* 扣環兒 / 扣环儿
* 拉環 / 拉环 (lāhuán)
* 指環 / 指环 (zhǐhuán)
* 日環蝕 / 日环蚀
* 景氣循環 / 景气循环 (jǐngqì xúnhuán)
* 格於環境 / 格于环境
* 氮循環 / 氮循环 (dànxúnhuán)
* 氮環 / 氮环
* 水氣循環 / 水气循环
* 法環 / 法环
* 海洋環流 / 海洋环流
* 浮環 / 浮环
* 燕瘦環肥 / 燕瘦环肥
* 獸環 / 兽环
* 玉環 / 玉环 (yùhuán)
* 瑤環瑜珥 / 瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
* 環中 / 环中
* 環伺 / 环伺 (huánsì)
* 環佩 / 环佩 (huánpèi)
* 環保 / 环保 (huánbǎo)
* 環保局 / 环保局
* 環列 / 环列
* 環坐 / 环坐
* 環城 / 环城 (Huánchéng)
* 環堵 / 环堵
* 環堵蕭然 / 环堵萧然
* 環境 / 环境 (huánjìng)
* 環境保護 / 环境保护 (huánjìng bǎohù)
* 環境工程 / 环境工程
* 環境汙染 / 环境污染 (huánjìng wūrǎn)
* 環境科學 / 环境科学 (huánjìng kēxué)
* 環境衛生 / 环境卫生
* 環境設計 / 环境设计
* 環境醫學 / 环境医学
* 環島 / 环岛 (huándǎo)
* 環幕電影 / 环幕电影
* 環形 / 环形 (huánxíng)
* 環形山 / 环形山 (huánxíngshān)
* 環拜 / 环拜
* 環抱 / 环抱 (huánbào)
* 環施 / 环施
* 環暈 / 环晕
* 環流 / 环流 (huánliú)
* 環海 / 环海
* 環深 / 环深
* 環狀剝皮 / 环状剥皮
* 環狀軟骨 / 环状软骨 (huánzhuàng ruǎngǔ)
* 環珮 / 环佩 (huánpèi)
* 環球 / 环球 (huánqiú)
* 環球時間 / 环球时间
* 環環相扣 / 环环相扣 (huánhuánxiāngkòu)
* 環砂 / 环砂 (Huánshā)
* 環視 / 环视 (huánshì)
* 環節 / 环节 (huánjié)
* 環節動物 / 环节动物 (huánjié dòngwù)
* 環繞 / 环绕
* 環繞喇叭 / 环绕喇叭
* 環肥燕瘦 / 环肥燕瘦
* 環蝕 / 环蚀
* 環行 / 环行
* 環衛 / 环卫 (huánwèi)
* 環遊 / 环游 (huányóu)
* 環顧 / 环顾 (huángù)
* 生態環境 / 生态环境 (shēngtài huánjìng)
* 白環 / 白环
* 碳循環 / 碳循环 (tànxúnhuán)
* 結草啣環 / 结草衔环 (jiécǎo xiánhuán)
* 結草銜環 / 结草衔环 (jiécǎo xiánhuán)
* 耳環 / 耳环 (ěrhuán)
* 肺循環 / 肺循环 (fèixúnhuán)
* 色環 / 色环
* 花環 / 花环 (huāhuán)
* 菲洛普環 / 菲洛普环
* 血循環 / 血循环 (xuèxúnhuán)
* 血液循環 / 血液循环
* 記號環 / 记号环
* 豹環 / 豹环
* 豹頭環眼 / 豹头环眼 (bàotóuhuányǎn)
* 賜環 / 赐环
* 轍環天下 / 辙环天下
* 迴環 / 回环 (huíhuán)
* 迴環轉折 / 回环转折
* 連環 / 连环 (liánhuán)
* 連環圖畫 / 连环图画
* 連環套 / 连环套
* 連環扣 / 连环扣
* 連環畫 / 连环画 (liánhuánhuà)
* 連環計 / 连环计 (liánhuánjì)
* 連環車禍 / 连环车祸 (liánhuán chēhuò)
* 重環紋 / 重环纹
* 銜環 / 衔环 (xiánhuán)
* 銜環結草 / 衔环结草
* 銀環蛇 / 银环蛇 (yínhuánshé)
* 鐵環 / 铁环
* 門環子 / 门环子 (ménhuánzi)
* 阿環 / 阿环
* 險象環生 / 险象环生 (xiǎnxiànghuánshēng)
* 雙環 / 双环
* 頓劍搖環 / 顿剑摇环
* 食環署 / 食环署 (Shíhuánshǔ)
* 體循環 / 体循环 (tǐxúnhuán)
* 黃雀銜環 / 黄雀衔环
* 齊后破環 / 齐后破环

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 環(かん) (kan)
* → Korean: 환(環) (hwan)
* → Vietnamese: hoàn (環)

### Etymology 2

From Cantonese 灣／湾 (waan1-4, “bay”), used in certain place names. The low-falling tone change is possibly borrowed from Siyi Yue (Lau and Tang, 2020).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huán (huan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waan$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huán
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huán
*** Wade–Giles: huan$^2$
*** Yale: hwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
*** Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯än³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^4$
*** Yale: wàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gue
*** MiniDict: gue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$gue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²³/

#### Definitions

環
* (used in place names in Hong Kong and Macau and compounds) bay
    四環九約／四环九约 [Cantonese] ― sei$^3$ waan$^4$ gau$^2$ joek$^3$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Compounds

* 上環 / 上环 (shànghuán)
* 下環 / 下环
* 中環 / 中环 (Zhōnghuán)
* 四環九約 / 四环九约
* 土瓜環 / 土瓜环
* 大口環 / 大口环 (Dàkǒuhuán)
* 環頭 / 环头
* 西環 / 西环 (Xīhuán)
* 路環 / 路环 (Lùhuán)
* 銅鑼環 / 铜锣环 (Tóngluóhuán)
* 黑沙環 / 黑沙环 (Hēishāhuán)

### References

* “環”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “环”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “环”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 環 |
| Kyūjitai | 環󠄁 環+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 環󠄃 環+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* circle, ring, wheel

#### Readings

* Go-on: げん (gen)
* Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kun: たまき (tamaki, 環)、まわる (mawaru, 環る)、めぐらす (megurasu, 環らす)、めぐる (meguru, 環る)、ゆびまき (yubimaki, 環)、わ (wa, 環)
* Nanori: たま (tama)、たまき (tamaki)、わ (wa)

#### Compounds

* 可換環(かかんかん) (kakankan): commutative ring
* 環礁(かんしょう) (kanshō): atoll
* 環境(かんきょう) (kankyō): environment

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 環
* かん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 環 (MC hwaen).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

環(かん) • (kan)
* ring
* (algebra) ring

#### Prefix

環(かん) • (kan-)
* circum-

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 環
* わ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 輪
From Old Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) わ [wáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [β̞a̠]

#### Noun

環(わ) • (wa)
* a ring or circle shape (such as a ring for a finger, or Saturn's rings)
* a hoop (such as for a barrel)
* a wheel (as of a vehicle)

##### Synonyms

* (circle shape): 丸(まる) (maru), 円形(えんけい) (enkei)
* (finger ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa)
* (barrel hoop): 箍(たが) (taga)
* (vehicle wheel): 車輪(しゃりん) (sharin)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 環
* たまき Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 手纏 鐶
Originally a compound of 手 (ta, “hand”, ancient combining form of modern te) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the bracelet would be worn around the wrist.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たまき [táꜜmàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ta̠ma̠kʲi]

#### Noun

環(たまき) • (tamaki)
* an ancient bracelet strung with jewels or bells and worn at the elbow
* a longer tube-shaped gauntlet to protect the hand during archery
* (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

##### Synonyms

* (archery gauntlet): 手覆(たおおい) (taōi)
* (ring): 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (yubimaki) (see below)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 環
* ゆびまき Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 指巻 鐶
Originally a compound of 指 (yubi, “finger”, noun) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding, wrapping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the ring would be worn around a finger.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɯ̟bʲima̠kʲi]

#### Noun

環(ゆびまき) • (yubimaki)
* (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring

##### Synonyms

* 指輪(ゆびわ) (yubiwa), 環 (tamaki) (see above)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1441 (paper), page 771 (digital)
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

環 • (hwan) (hangeul 환)
* jade ring or bracelet
* ring

## Vietnamese
### Han character

環: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn
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