丸

音読おんよみ: ガン

訓読くんよみ: まる・まる
まるめる・たま

画数かくすう: 3 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 丶(てん)

Meaning

Round, circular, or whole

  • まるい — round
  • まるごと — whole / entirely
  • 丸太まるた — log / timber
  • 丸薬がんやく — pill
  • 弾丸だんがん — bullet
  • 一丸いちがん — one united body
  • 丸裸まるはだか — stark naked / completely exposed
  • まるめる — to make round; to roll up

This character originally depicted a curled or bent shape, and today conveys roundness and wholeness. It appears in medicine, weaponry, and abstract ideas of unity or entirety.

地球ちきゅうまるい。
The Earth is round.

このかみまるめてててください。
Please crumple up this paper and throw it away.

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Creates
丸太まるた — log / timber
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