Kanji

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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