The kanji 丸: meaning, readings and stroke order
丸
- Meaning
- circle, round
- On reading
- ガン gan
- Kun reading
- まる maru、まる(い) marui、まる(める) marumeru
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丶 dot
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hình tròn, tròn (hoàn)
- Japanese
- まる。まるい。
- Korean
- 동그라미, 둥글다 (환)
- Chinese
- 圆圈、圆
Readings, words and example sentences
ガン gan · on reading · less common
一丸
as one, all together
みんなが 一丸に なりました。
Everyone came together as one.
まる maru · kun reading
丸
circle
正しい 答えに 丸を つけます。
I draw a circle around the right answer.
まる(い) marui · kun reading
丸い
round
公園に 丸い 池が あります。
There is a round pond in the park.
まる(める) marumeru · kun reading
丸める
roll into a ball
紙を 丸めて すてます。
I crumple the paper into a ball and throw it away.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.