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丸 = 九 + 丶

丸 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “round”. It is built from 九 (nine) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 44. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword

round

RTK frame

44

Strokes

3

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ガン

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

まる, まる.める, まる.い

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

fat man, musashimaru, круглый, circle

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

丸 small round object

Decomposition

Characters that contain 丸

• 塾 cram school
• 熟 mellow
• 執 tenacious
• 勢 forces
• 熱 heat
• 藝 technique (old)

How to find 丸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nine” + “dot”. 丸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 丸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.