Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

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

Kunyomi: まる まる.める まる.い

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てん

Meaning: dot

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

薬(がんやく)   pill

(だんがん)   bullet

(いちがん)   one lump

い(まるい)   round, spherical

顔(まるがお)   round face

っきり(まるっきり)   completely, just as if

める(まるめる)   round off, roll up, cajole [v.t.]

まる(まるまる)   roll up, be rounded off [v.i.]

日の(ひのまる)   the Japanese flag

日本(にほんまる)   Nihonmaru (name of a ship)

牛若(うしわかまる)   Ushiwakamaru (name of a boy)

Onyomi Examples

ガン fishball, meatball, pill

ガンザイ pill

イチガン one lump, one body, one group

ライガン raigan (Omphalia lapidescens), parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

Kunyomi Examples

まる circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.

まるい round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable

ほんまる inner citadel, core, center, centre, focus, crux

鳳凰 ほうおうまる Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)

める まるめる to make round, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away, to round off (a fraction), to shave (one's head), to lump together

まるい round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable

まるいし boulder, cobble