丸 — Chinese character
丸
wán
ball, pebble, pellet, pill
- Pinyin
- wán
- Radical
- 3 ⼂ (Dot)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 九 丶
- Formation
- pictographic — A fist 九 holding a pebble 丶
- Japanese
- 丸 as a kanji
Common words with 丸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药丸 (藥丸) | yào wán | pill; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 睾丸 (睪丸) | gāo wán | testicle |
| 丸子 | wán zi | pills; balls |
| 弹丸 (彈丸) | dàn wán | pellet |
| 鱼丸 (魚丸) | yú wán | fish ball |
| 肉丸 | ròu wán | meatball |
| 定心丸 | dìng xīn wán | tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease |
| 摇头丸 (搖頭丸) | yáo tóu wán | Ecstasy; MDMA |
| 丸剂 (丸劑) | wán jì | pill |
| 樟脑丸 (樟腦丸) | zhāng nǎo wán | mothball |
| 弹丸之地 (彈丸之地) | dàn wán zhī dì | (idiom) tiny speck of land; small area |
| 牛肉丸 | niú ròu wán | beef meatballs |
English words written with 丸
丸 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.