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Kanji for Round
The kanji for “round” is 丸, read gan and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
round
Round and whole; also the ending of old ship and sword names.
3 strokes On reading ガン (gan) Kun reading まる、まるめる、まるい (maru, marumeru, marui) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills
Readings used for names on Nazuke: maru
In Japan it appears in about 144 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 丸: Malcom 丸湖夢 · Malcolm 丸湖夢 · Malvina 丸美七
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