| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 簾 【レン】 bamboo screen, rattan blind
- 暖簾 【ノレン】 (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house, reputation (of a store), good name, credit, goodwill
- 珠暖簾 【タマノレン】 curtain made of strung beads
Kun reading compounds
- 簾 【すだれ】 bamboo screen, rattan blind, bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
- すだれ頭 【すだれあたま】 combover, comb-over, bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen)
- 秋簾 【あきすだれ】 bamboo screen still in place in autumn
- 板簾 【いたすだれ】 Venetian blind
- 簾 【すだれ】 bamboo screen, rattan blind, bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
- すだれ頭 【すだれあたま】 combover, comb-over, bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen)
- 巻きす 【まきす】 bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi), sushi mat
- 御簾 【みす】 bamboo blind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- みす
- Korean:
- ryeom
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3449 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2844 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3388 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2378 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 26616X | Morohashi |
| 4365 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2630 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2674 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6f13.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-13 | SKIP code |
| 8823.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c3e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36656 | Morohashi |
| 2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c9d | Unicode hex code |