| 101 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 830 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 567 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 155 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 922 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 288 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 40 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 644 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 654 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 591 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 17 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4225 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2134 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2883 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 44 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 94 | Morohashi |
| 3417 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 34 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 44 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 44 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 82 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丸 【ガン】 fishball, meatball, pill
- 丸剤 【ガンザイ】 pill
- 一丸 【イチガン】 one lump, one body, one group
- 雷丸 【ライガン】 raigan (Omphalia lapidescens), parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 丸 【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.
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 本丸 【ほんまる】 inner citadel, core, center, centre, focus, crux
- 大丸 【だいまる】 Daimaru, Daimaru (Japanese department store chain)
- 丸める 【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
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 丸井 【まるい】 Marui, Marui (retailer)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ま、 わ、 わに
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- redondo
- circular
- círculo
- redondear
Portuguese
- arredondar
- cheio
- mês
- perfeição
- -nave
- pílulas
- espiral para cima
- seduzir
French
- rond
- arrondir
- entier (mois)
- pilule
- perfection
- suffixe des bateaux
- se pelotonner
- se rouler en boule
- séduire
- justifier
| 1657 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 5001.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e38 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
- 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
- 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
- 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
- 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
- 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
Kun reading compounds
- 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
- 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 たか、 ひろ
- Korean:
- tae
Spanish
- grande
- gordo
- grueso
- engordar
Portuguese
- gordo
- grande
- espesso
French
- gras
- dodu
- gros
| 269 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 181 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 164 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 343 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 508 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 151 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 629 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 639 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 409 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1360 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 121 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5834 | Morohashi |
| 2152 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 120 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 126 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 257 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 98 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 592a | Unicode hex code |
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
- On:
- ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棒 【ボウ】 pole, rod, stick, baton, line, dash, spoken monotonously
- 棒状 【ボウジョウ】 cylinder or rod-shaped
- 用心棒 【ヨウジンボウ】 bodyguard, bouncer, (security) guard, bar (on a door), bolt, stick or pole used for self-defence
- 指揮棒 【シキボウ】 conductor's stick, conductor's baton
Readings
- Korean:
- bong, bang
Spanish
- barra
- vara
- bastón
- palo
- sin variación
- invariable
Portuguese
- vara
- pau
- poste
- bastão
- ramo
French
- bâton
- baguette
- canne
- barre
- perche
- massue
- ligne
| 987 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 975 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1424 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2302 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1121 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 636 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1623 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1543 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1645 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 988 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1105 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1237 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1589 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14929 | Morohashi |
| 983 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2750 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1575 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1697 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 956 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4595.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68d2 | Unicode hex code |