圓

yuán = yu + an2

circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)

圆 = 员 + 囗 : Yu the Great (yu) is having dinner in the anthill's kitchen (an2). There is a waiter (员) serving her food from a wooden box (囗) until Yu the Great is as round (圆) as the full moon.

圓 character breakdown

圓
- 員
  - 口
  - 貝
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 目
      - 二
        
        一
      - 囗
- 囗

yuán = yu + an2

person / employee / member

员 = 口 + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol from 服务员, a waiter.

员 = 口 + 贝 : Yu the Great and a crab are having dinner just inside the anthill's kitchen. They ordered mandarins, and the waiter serves them.

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 圓 as component

圓 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 圓

round / circular

column / cylinder

to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy

arc (segment of a circle)

arc of a circle / circular arc

center of circle

parentheses / round brackets ( )

kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball

log

bun

amphitheater

(of a child bride) to consummate marriage

round hole

death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)

a round vault

Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860

concentric circles / circular ripples

full moon

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

dome

Sentences with 圓

圓 currently does not appear in any sentence.