Circle

On’yomi: がん
Kun’yomi: まる
Radical: 丶 Dot (Kangxi 3)

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

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

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 namesN3

丸いまるい round,circular,sphericalN3

丸でまるで quite;entirely;completely;at all;as if;as though;so to speakN1

丸 is rank 613 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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