# 丸 — Circle

Frequency rank 613 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 佐 (Help), less common than 退 (Retreat).

- On’yomi: がん
- Kun’yomi: まる
- Radical: 丶 Dot (Kangxi 3)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Nine (nine) forms the main body with a drop (drop) added — imagine the number nine curling into itself, and a single drop completes it into a perfect circle.

In words:

- 丸 まる — circle,full (month),perfection,purity,suffix for ship names
- 丸い まるい — round,circular,spherical
- 丸で まるで — quite;entirely;completely;at all;as if;as though;so to speak

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