Chinese Character 丸 Meanings and components.

Form

丸

Meaning

丸 meaning^[3] in English

Ball.

Pellet.

Pill.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 丸 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are nine (九) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical^[1] is: 丶 (zhu3) which means: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3), See Also 點|点[Dian3], .丶zhu3'dot' radical …

In cangjie it is written with KNI

How to write 丸

To write丸wan2ball you should write a combination of 九jiu3nine , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a + shape:

九 + 丶 = 丸

丸 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 丸 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 丸, looks as follow:

丸

Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill

九

Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一

Meaning^[3]: Nine . 9

丶

Pinyin:zhu3

Meaning^[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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