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

perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...

to have a reunion

oval / ellipse / elliptic

dot

oval

to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over

to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)

Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4]

wafer (silicon medium for integrated circuit)

see 龍眼|龙眼[long2 yan3]

(math.) elliptic function

Oval office (in the White House)

(math.) elliptic curve

elliptical machine (exercise)

lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove

circumscribed circle (of a polygon)

great circle (in spherical geometry)

great circle (in spherical geometry)

oblate

to put a square peg in a round hole / incompatible (idiom)

Sentences with 圓

圓 currently does not appear in any sentence.