Kanji: 丸

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	丶 Radical name: てん
Meaning:	Round, full, month, perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 500 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	丸(まる)い	round, circular
N3	丸(まる)	circle, full (month), perfection, purity, suffix for ship names
N3	丸(まる)い	round, circular, spherical
N1	日(ひ)の丸(まる)	the Japanese flag
N1	丸(まる)ごと	in its entirety, whole, wholly
N1	丸(まる)っきり	completely, perfectly, just as if
N1	丸(まる)で	quite, entirely, completely, at all, as if, as though, so to speak
N1	丸々(まるまる)	completely
N1	丸(まる)める	to make round, to round off, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away
N1	真(ま)ん丸(まる)い	perfectly circular