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丸 U+4E38, 丸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E38 ← 丷 [U+4E37] CJK Unified Ideographs 丹 → [U+4E39]

丸 U+2F801, 丸 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F801 ← 丽 [U+2F800] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 乁 → [U+2F802]

Stroke order

丸 (Kangxi radical 3, 丶+2, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 大弓戈 (KNI), four-corner 5001₇, composition ⿻九丶(GJKV) or ⿵九丶(HT))

• 𬽦, 𡉕, 𢓃, 汍, 犱, 𣏒, 肒, 㿪, 䀓, 秇, 紈 (纨), 訙, 釻, 孰, 埶, 執 (执), 骫
• 奿, 䎠, 芄, 䆒, 䒯, 笂, 㞍, 㝷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 80, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 94
• Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 42, character 11
• Unihan data for U+4E38

• Unihan data for U+2F801

trad.		丸
simp. #		丸
alternative forms		𠁽

Ideogram (指事), differentiated form of 夗 (OC *qonʔ), which was originally the same character.

Shuowen suggests that it is an ideogram (指事) from flipped 仄 (“to tilt”) – something that can be tilted and turned; something round.

Unrelated to the right component of characters like 執 and 孰, which comes from 丮 (a kneeling person with stretched arms to indicate "to hold").

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “any relation to 圓?”)

丸

1. small round object; ball; pellet

   肉丸  ―  ròuwán  ―  meatball

   彈丸／弹丸  ―  dànwán  ―  pellet

2. (medicine) pill; bolus

   丸劑／丸剂  ―  wánjì  ―  medical pill

3. Classifier for pills of Chinese medicine.

   每次服三丸  ―  měicì fú sān wán  ―  take three pills each time

4. (obsolete) egg (of a bird)
5. (obsolete) to roll into a ball
6. a surname, Wan

• → Vietnamese: viên

丸

1. used in 烏丸／乌丸

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. circle
2. round
3. whole
4. pill

• Go-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: まる (maru, 丸, Jōyō)、まろ (maro, 丸)、まるい (marui, 丸い, Jōyō)、まるかす (marukasu, 丸かす)、まろかす (marokasu, 丸かす)、まるかせ (marukase, 丸かせ)、まろかせ (marokase, 丸かせ)、まるける (marukeru, 丸ける)、まろかる (marokaru, 丸かる)、まるっこい (marukkoi, 丸っこい)、まろぐ (marogu, 丸ぐ)、まるぐち (maruguchi, 丸ぐち)、まるごと (marugoto, 丸ごと)、まるみ (marumi, 丸み)、まるむ (marumu, 丸む)、まろむ (maromu, 丸む)、まるまる (marumaru, 丸まる)、まるめる (marumeru, 丸める, Jōyō)、まろめる (maromeru, 丸める)、まろやか (maroyaka, 丸やか)、まろらか (maroraka, 丸らか)、たま (tama, 丸)
• Nanori: たま (tama)、ま (ma)、まる (maru)、まろ (maro)、わ (wa)、わに (wani)

(Can we verify⁽⁾ this pronunciation?)

Kanji in this term
丸
まる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

⟨maro₂⟩ → */marə/ → /maru/

Shift from Old Japanese 丸 (maro, see below).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) まる [màrú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]

• Pitch accent for prefix unknown.

丸(まる) • (maru) 

1. 丸, 円: any round object:
   1. 丸, 円: a circle
   2. 丸, 円: a sphere, ball
   3. (by extension) any non-perfectly round objects, such as an oval
   4. the ○ symbol, equivalent to a check mark in some other languages
   5. (by extension) something correct, good, or right
2. (colloquial) money

   Synonym: 金銭 (kinsen)

3. enclosure inside a castle's walls
4. (colloquial) the 。 mark, or 句(く)点(てん) (kuten, “full stop, period”)
5. (colloquial) the ゜ mark, or 半(はん)濁(だく)点(てん) (handakuten, “semi-voicing mark”)
6. the circular outline of a Japanese crest
7. 丸, 円: (Kansai) a soft-shell turtle

   Synonym: 鼈 (suppon)

8. 丸, 円: term relating to completeness:
   1. 丸, 円: fullness, wholeness
   2. 丸, 円: meeting specific conditions
9. a Japanese unit of weight

   1 maru is equal to 50 斤(きん) (kin), approximately 30 kilograms

10. a Japanese unit of counting washi
11. a day where prices are doubled in a red-light district

丸(まる) • (maru-) 

1. 丸, 円: whole, complete
2. 丸, 円: prefix to numbers remaining constant
3. 丸, 円: prefix to noun to mean an object is completely in that noun

丸(まる) • (-maru) 

1. suffix for ship names

丸(まる) • (Maru) 

1. a surname

Kanji in this term
丸
まる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
麻呂

Related to 麻(ま)呂(ろ) (maro).

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟]

丸(まる) • (-maru) 

1. attaches to names of persons or objects expressing dearness

丸(まる) • (maru) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) first-person singular, I, me

Kanji in this term
丸
まろ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
円

⟨maro₂⟩ → */marə/ → /maro/

From Old Japanese. Appears to be the older form.

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾo̞]

丸(まろ) • (maro) ^{←まろ (maro)?†}-nari

1. (Classical Japanese) round
2. plump and thick
3. all, whole

   Synonym: 全部 (zenbu)

丸(まろ) • (maro) ^{←まろ (maro)?}

1. a round object
2. roundness, plumpness
3. all, whole
4. (obsolete) money, coins

   Synonym: 銭 (zeni)

• 丸(まる) (maru)
• 丸(まろ)し (maroshi)
• 丸(まる)い (marui)
• 円(まろ)やか (maroyaka)

丸(まろ) • (Maro) 

1. a surname

Kanji in this term
丸
がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

/ɡwan/ → /ɡan/

From Middle Chinese 丸 (MC hwan).

• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) がん [gáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]

丸(がん) • (gan) ^{←ぐわん (gwan)?}

1. round, circular

丸(がん) • (gan) ^{←ぐわん (gwan)?}

1. a meatball, fishball
2. a pill

   Synonym: 丸薬 (gan'yaku)

丸(がん) • (Gan) ^{←ぐわん (Gwan)?}

1. a surname

丸 (eumhun 둥글 환 (dunggeul hwan))

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• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丸

丸: Hán Việt readings: hoàn^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}, huờn^[6][7]
丸: Nôm readings: hòn^[1][3][4][8], giúp^[3], xắp^[3], xóp^[3]

丸 • (hoàn)

1. chữ Hán form of hoàn (“(medicine) pellet, round tablet”)

丸 • (hòn)

1. chữ Nôm form of hòn (“used for small, solid and roundish objects”)