丸 – round, full (month), perfection

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The kanji 丸 means round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まる、まる.める、まる.い (maru, marumeru, marui). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 丶 (no. 3).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	まる	maru
Kun’yomi	まる.める	marumeru
Kun’yomi	まる.い	marui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 丶 (Kangxi radical 3). Components: 九・丶.

Words using 丸

丸いまるいround丸まるcircle丸々まるまるplump丸ごとまるごとin its entirety丸めるまるめるto make round日の丸ひのまるred or gold circle representing the Sun真ん丸いまんまるいperfectly round

Example sentences

コロンブスは地球が丸いと信じていた。

Columbus believed that the earth was round.

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彼が仲裁してその場は丸く収めた。

He intervened and settled the matter peacefully for the time being.

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ジョンとキャシーは興味も性格も違う。その二人を一緒にさせようとするのは丸穴に角釘を打つようなものだ。

John and Cathy have different tastes and different characters. Trying to get them together is like putting a square peg in a round hole.

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Kanji with the same radical

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