Meanings
- round
- full (month)
- perfection
- -ship
- pills
- make round
- roll up
- curl up
- seduce
- explain away
Strokes3
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#542 of 2,500
Kanji N2
丸: round, full (month), perfection
丸 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning round, full (month), perfection, written with 3 strokes. It is read ガン (on) and まる, まるめる, まるい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 丸い (まるい, round) and 丸 (まる, circle).
丸
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ガン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- まる
- まるめる
- まるい
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 丸
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- 丸いまるいJLPT N5
round; circular; spherical
- 丸まるJLPT N3
circle
- 丸でまるでJLPT N3
as if; as though; just like; much as
- JLPT N1
- 丸ごとまるごとJLPT N1
in its entirety; whole; wholly
- 丸っきりまるっきりJLPT N1
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
- 丸めるまるめるJLPT N1
to make round; to roll up; to curl up
- 丸々まるまるJLPT N1
plump; rotund; chubby
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