Readings
Meanings
- outside (a region, area, etc.)
- out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.)
- outside the sphere (of influence, etc.)
- out of contention
- out of reach
Radicals and components
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘpent in (囗) · scroll · quarter · snake (乙) · self (自)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1293
Compound words
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reachinside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)stratosphereArctic Circle; the ArcticatmosphereSoviet bloclithosphereco-prosperity spherecommunist blocwider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures)sphere of influenceliving area/rangeLebensraumsubstratosphereChinese-character cultural sphereGreater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Additional Examples
私達は異なった文化圏の人々と接触を持たないわけにはいかない。 We cannot avoid contact with people from different cultural backgrounds.tatoebaThere's a fuel shortage even in the Tokyo area.tatoeba The rocket blasted out of the atmosphere.tatoeba Cape Dezhnev is 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle.tatoeba Practice Writing
Practice Writing 圏
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step