漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
丸: round, full (month)
Also: perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
丶 carries the meaning · 九 is drawn in
Four readings, and the words that use each
ガンgan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 丸薬がんやくpill
- 弾丸だんがんbullet
- 一丸いちがんone lump
まるmaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 丸顔まるがおround face
- 丸っきりまるっきりcompletely, just as if
- 丸まるまるまるroll up, be rounded off [v.i.]
- 日の丸ひのまるthe Japanese flag
- 牛若丸うしわかまるUshiwakamaru (name of a boy)
まるめるmarumeru · kun'yomi
- 丸めるまるめるround off, roll up, cajole [v.t.]
まるいmarui · kun'yomi
- 丸いまるいround, spherical
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 日本丸にほんまるNihonmaru (name of a ship)
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogram (指事)
Ideogram (指事), differentiated form of 夗, which was originally the same character.
Source: Wiktionary, 丸 (rev. 93643010), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Nine (九) + dot (丶). Originally suggested a shape that has been rounded off or "completed" with a final "dot"—the essence of a perfect circle.”
Connections
Also built on nine (九)
Also read ガン
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wán
Same form: 丸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 丸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 丸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.