圓
부수: 囗
획수: 13획
圓 has the meanings ‘round’ and ‘circular’.
It is used for units of currency, including the Won.
圓 = 囗 + 員
X = semantic + semantic/phonetic
• 囗 depicts a border and represents the meaning ‘to surround’. From this comes the meaning ’round’.
• 員 depicts a cauldron and represents the meaning ’round’.
Evolution:
圓 = ’round’ ➔ ’circular’ ➔ ’coin’ ➔ ’unit of money’
員 = 口 + 貝
• 口 was originally oval-shaped and was used to make the round shape of the cauldron opening more salient. This emphasises the meaning ’round’.
• 貝 is a distortion of 鼎 which depicts a cauldron.
Mnemonic
Imagine copper being melted in a round 囗 cauldron 員 to be punched into coins 圓.
Vocab
| 圓滿 | 원만 | completeness; perfection; harmony; satisfaction |
| 圓筒 | 원통 | cylinder, cylindrical |
| 圓形 | 원형 | circular; round shape |
| 圓周 | 원주 | circumference |
| 半圓 | 반원 | semicircle |
| 楕圓 | 타원 | oval; ellipse |
| 圓柱 | 원주 | cylinder |
| 圓盤 | 원반 | discus; frisbee |
| 圓卓 | 원탁 | round table |
| 圓熟 | 원숙 | ripe; mature |
| 同心圓 | 동심원 | concentric circle |
| 大團圓 | 대단원 | finale |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 1228]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 4]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 圓, 囗, 員, 口, 貝].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 4]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.