部
Components

丸 means 'round' or 'circle'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 3    Frequency: 637   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-5    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 39    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 146 words   Used in 189 words   Used in 1990 names   Component in 38 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ガン
Kun
   まるい round, circular
Additional readings
Kun    まる   まるめる
Name    ま   わ   わに
Components
⿻  九 nine  丶 dot  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
See also
円 circle; yen  
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 丸 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 丸 is used 181 times, read 2 ways.
Showing:
ガン : 23 words FIND ALL
だ ん が ん 0
noun
bullet; shot; shell
(click the word for examples and links)
まるい : 158 words FIND ALL
ま る い 0 ま る い 2
1. round; circular; spherical  (丸い usu. refers to ball-shaped, and 円い to disc-shaped objects)
2. harmonious; calm  (see also: 丸く収まる)
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
An additional 10 less common words include 丸 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 丸
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 101 (originally: 830)  Joy o' Kanji : 830  Key to Kanji: 146 

Cascading kanji view

丸
ガン   round; circle   まるい round, circular   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
丶
dot   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×