Chinese Character Wiki
丸

wán

small round object

Pictograph of a person bent down and curled up. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

Evolution

丸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
丸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
丸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丸  

wán

small round object; pellet, pill; ball; pellet; pill

Most common words with 丸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丸

ball

睾丸

testicle

药丸

pill

丸子

pills

肉丸

meatball

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

芄 紈 纨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤar

hwan

wán

pellet; ball

*ɦʷˤar (< *[ɢ]ʷˤar)

hwan

wán

烏丸 Wūhuán: Avars (W. Hàn)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.6635% of movies

2097th most common character in movies

2462nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+4E38

Shuowen

“丸，圜，傾側而轉者。从反仄。”


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