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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Pictogram (象形) – a hand holding an object.

Also Simplified from in some characters, such as .

丸 丸
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 3 +2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 大弓戈 (KNI), four-corner 50017)

  1. small round object
  2. pellet, pill

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 80, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 94
  • Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 42, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+4E38

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale yun2, yun4)


Japanese [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

  1. circle
  2. (colloquial) 半濁点, a semi-voicing mark

Alternative forms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Prefix [edit]

(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

  1. whole, complete

Derived terms [edit]

Suffix [edit]

(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

  1. ending for ship names

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. ball; circular things such as bullets or pills
  2. counter word for pills
  3. (Japanese only) being circular
  4. (Japanese only) make a thing circular
  5. (Japanese only) circle
  6. (Japanese only) a whole thing
  7. (Japanese only) suffix for names of ships

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

References [edit]

  • New Nelson: 34
  • Halpern: 3417
  • Halpern Learners: 2134
  • Heisig: 44
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a3.28
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Related terms [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: hwan, McCune-Reischauer: hwan)
  • Name (hangeul): 둥글 (revised: dunggeul, McCune-Reischauer: tunggǔl)

References [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin wán (wan2), Wade-Giles wan2)

Compounds [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ ôan, îⁿ, hôan)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(hoàn, hòn, giúp, xắp, xóp)

References [edit]