Kanji

丸

丸

round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

3 strokes

Radical

丶部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ガン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まる, まるめる, まるい

Nanori (Name Reading)

たま, まる, まろ

Common Readings

ガン, まる, まる…い, まる…める

Example sentences

丸 まる
ノート に 丸 を 描く 。

Draw a circle in the notebook.

目を丸くする めをまるくする
彼 は 予想外 の プレゼント に 目を丸くした 。

He opened his eyes wide in surprise at the unexpected gift.

丸い まるい
夜空 に 丸い 月 が 浮かんでいる 。

A round moon is floating in the night sky.

弾丸 だんがん
銃 から 放たれた 弾丸 が 的 に 当たった 。

The bullet fired from the gun hit the target.

かすめる かすめる
弾丸 が 耳 の すぐ 横 を かすめた 。

The bullet grazed right past my ear.

丸める まるめる
猫 が 体 を 丸めて 眠っている 。

The cat is sleeping curled up.

筒 つつ
その ポスター は 丸めて 筒 の 中 に 保管 されている 。

That poster is rolled up and kept inside a tube.

丸ごと まるごと
リンゴ を 丸ごと 一つ 食べた 。

I ate a whole apple.

かじる かじる
彼 は リンゴ を 丸ごと かじった 。

He bit into a whole apple.

丸出し まるだし
彼 は 東北 なまり 丸出し で 話し始めた

He started talking with a full Tohoku accent.

Example Vocabulary

丸

まる

circle; round; whole; full

目を丸くする

めをまるくする

to open one's eyes wide in surprise; to be amazed

丸い

まるい

round; circular; spherical

弾丸

だんがん

bullet; projectile

丸める

まるめる

to roll up; to curl up; to round off

丸ごと

まるごと

whole, entirely

丸出し

まるだし

exposed; bare; showing through; full (of)

丸見え

まるみえ

in plain view; fully visible; exposed

丸くなる

まるくなる

to become round; to become mellow; to soften (personality)

丸まる

まるまる

to curl up; to become round; to roll up

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