圐圙

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(圐圙) 		圐 圙
alternative forms 㗄𠼟

Glyph origin

Enclosures (囗) with components representing the idiom 四方八面 (sìfāngbāmiàn, “all around; in all directions”).

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (küriy-e, “enclosure; area”), whence Khalkha Mongolian хүрээ (xüree). Hence a variant of 庫倫／库伦 (kùlún).

Alternatively, as a disyllabic Jin derivative of 圈 (OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons, “circle”) which has preserved the lateral /*-l-/ in consonant clusters from Old Chinese (Qiao, 2008).

Pronunciation

Noun

圐圙

  1. (Jin) enclosed yard or grassland (chiefly used in placenames in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia)
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