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音読おんよみ: ガン

訓読くんよみ: まる・まる
まるめる・たま

画数かくすう: 3

部首ぶしゅ: てん(丶)

Meaning

Round / Circular / Whole


  • まるい — round
  • まるごと — whole / entirely
  • 丸太まるた — log / timber
  • 丸薬がんやく — pill
  • 弾丸だんがん — bullet
  • 一丸いちがん — one united body
  • 丸裸まるはだか — stark naked / completely exposed
  • まるめる — to make round; to roll up

This character conveys both “roundness” and “wholeness.” You’ll see it in simple shape words like まる い, and also in expressions like まるごと — meaning “entirely” or “as a whole.”

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