圐圙

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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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 (OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons, “circle”) which has preserved the lateral /*-l-/ in consonant clusters from Old Chinese (Qiao, 2008).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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圐圙

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