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Completely Round Month Make Roll Curl Explain Wholly

Kanji
Onyomi ガン
Kunyomi まる、まる.める、まる.い
Nanori ま, わ, わに
English round, full, month, perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Examples 日の丸(ひのまる): (1) outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle) (2) the Japanese flag
丸ごと(まるごと): in its entirety; whole; wholly
丸める(まるめる): (1) to make round; to roll up; to curl up (2) to seduce; to cajole; to explain away (3) to round off (a fraction) (4) to lump together
丸(まる): (1) circle (2) full (e.g. month, day, etc.) (3) perfection; purity (4) suffix for ship names
丸っきり(まるっきり): completely; perfectly; just as if
丸で(まるで): (1) quite; entirely; completely; at all (2) as if; as though; just like
丸々(まるまる): (1) plump; rotund; chubby (2) entirely; completely; wholly
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 542
Components 九: nine
丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
Number of Strokes 3
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 3
Radical Strokes 1
Radical Reading てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword round
Koohii Story 1 Nine plus a drop rounds it off to ten!
Koohii Story 2 Watch out for plump (#120). Here Heisig could have added a "t" and we would have had a much better keyword : rotund. Rotund is more specific than "round" which begs for confusion with circle (#1811). A dictionary search on "fat" or "round" doesn´t yield this kanji, but "rotund" does! Primitive suggestion: the Laughing Buddha is often depicted as a rotund, smiling bald man in robes with a largely exposed pot belly stomach (symbolizing plenitude).
RTK Index (new) 44

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade2, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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