丸 — round, full (month), perfection

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• がん gan

Kun'yomi

• まる maru
• まる.める maru.meru
• まる.い maru.i

Words that use 丸

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 丸い まるい round JLPT N5
• 丸 まる circle JLPT N3
• 丸々 まるまる plump JLPT N1
• 丸める まるめる to make round JLPT N1
• 真ん丸い まんまるい perfectly round JLPT N1
• 日の丸 ひのまる red or gold circle representing the Sun JLPT N1