圆

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.

圆 character breakdown

圆
- 员
  - 口
  - 贝
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
- 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 圆 as component

圆 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 圆

to have a reunion

dot

crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)

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

mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice)

waltz

arc (segment of a circle)

arc of a circle / circular arc

round table conference

round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)

cone / conical / tapering

parentheses / round brackets ( )

center of circle

kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball

cylinder (geometry)

round flat bread / pita bread

great circle (in spherical geometry)

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

circumscribed circle (of a polygon)

round and bulging / rotund / protruding

Sentences with 圆

圆 currently does not appear in any sentence.