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

dome

circular cylinder / drum

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

compass (drafting)

waltz

cone / conical / tapering

to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear) / to cover (for sb who has lied)

circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)

flexible / accommodating

conical / coniform

conic section

conical

cone

see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]

round flat bread / pita bread

waxing and waning (of the moon)

round herring

round dance

accommodating / (Buddhism) completely integrated

Circinus (constellation)

Sentences with 圓

圓 currently does not appear in any sentence.