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Kanji Detail for 丸 - "round, to round, entirely"

丸

  • Meaning

    丸 means "round, to round, entirely."

    1. Round - Circular; spherical in shape.

    2. To round - To make round.

    3. Entirely - Completely; wholly.

    4. Ball - A bullet or pellet for guns or bows.

    5. Suffix - Added to names of people or ships.

  • Words using 丸

    • 日の丸 ひのまる Listen red or gold circle representing the Sun; national flag of Japan; Japanese flag
    • 丸刈り まるがり Listen buzz cut; close crop
    • 丸太 まるた Listen log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)
    • 一丸 いちがん Listen one lump; one body; one group
    • 丸い まるい Listen round; circular; spherical
    • 弾丸 だんがん Listen bullet; shot; shell
    • 丸み まるみ Listen roundness; rotundity; mellowness
    • 丸々 まるまる Listen plump; rotund; chubby

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    • Verified meaning: round, to round, entirely
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read がん, まる, まるい, まるさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 丸

    Surnames 丸(がん)Listen 丸(まる)Listen 丸(まるい)Listen 丸(まるさき)Listen 丸(まるざき)Listen 丸(まるふく)Listen 丸(まろ)Listen 丸(わに)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    round; full (month); perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    small round object; pellet, pill

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ball; pellet; pill

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ball, pebble, pellet, pill

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A pellet. All small round objects are called 丸.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gan(ガン) ガン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    maru(まる) まる

    maru.i(まる-い) まる-い

    maru.meru(まる-める) まる-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    丶 (ten・chobo)

  • Related Keywords

    round to round entirely ball circle suffix spherical circular globe orb pellet bullet complete whole curvature cyclical

Sentences including 丸

  • It is true that the earth is round.

  • The earth is round.

  • I lost face.

  • There is no one but knows that the earth is round.

  • We bought a round table.

  • She has a round face.

  • We sat in a ring.

  • You've filled out.

  • For a full day from today please.

  • She has a round face.

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