環 – ring, circle, loop

17 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#409 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 環 means ring, circle, loop. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わ (wa). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 玉 (no. 96).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	わ	wa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 玉 (Kangxi radical 96). Components: 衣・王・口・買・一.

Words using 環

環境かんきょうenvironment循環じゅんかんcirculation

Example sentences

私たちが環境面の問題を耳にしないで過ぎる日は１日とてない。

Not a day goes by without our hearing of an environmental problem.

Tatoeba #167274

血液は体内を循環する。

Blood circulates through the body.

Tatoeba #175696

Kanji with the same radical

現理球王玉珍琴班珠玩

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