U+4E38 "丸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
丸
U+4E38 "丸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "round", "ball", or "pellet", and it is also used in Japanese kanji with similar meanings, such as "maru" indicating a circle or something spherical. This ideograph is composed of a simple structure with just three strokes, often representing a small, rounded object in both written language and symbolic contexts, such as in Japanese navy seals or the suffix for mild sauces. Its use spans multiple East Asian languages within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) character set, making it a common element in place names, food terminology, and personal names.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E38 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 丸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 丸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB8 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e38 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A459 |
| kCCCII | 213037 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-443A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-443A |
| kCangjie | KNI |
| kCantonese | jyun4 |
| kCihaiT | 44.101 |
| kCowles | 4923 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0162.170 |
| kDefinition | small round object; pellet, pill |
| kEACC | 213037 |
| kFanqie | 胡官 |
| kFenn | 303E |
| kFennIndex | 592.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5001.7 |
| kGB0 | 4572 |
| kGB1 | 4572 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0163a |
| kHangul | 환:0E |
| kHanYu | 10042.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wán(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10042.110:wán |
| kHKGlyph | 0022 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0162.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10042.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0080.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4D68 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A459 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-345D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6C5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7C2F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-443A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4A38 |
| kJapanese | ガン カン まる まるい まるめる たま まろ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:51 |
| kJapaneseKun | MARUI MARUMERU TAMA |
| kJapaneseOn | GAN |
| kJis0 | 2061 |
| kKangXi | 0080.150 |
| kKorean | HWAN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0029 |
| kMandarin | wán |
| kMatthews | 7004 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3666 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006358 MJ006358:E0101 MJ006359:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 00094 00094:E0101 00095:E0102 |
| kNelson | 0155 |
| kPhonetic | 1627 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1561+3.1.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 3.2 |
| kSBGY | 123.37 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 6.09 6.10 8.01 10.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wán粵jyun4,jyun2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0029 |
| kTang | huɑn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 378.100:wán |
| kTotalStrokes | 3 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hoàn |
| kXerox | 262:120 |
| kXHC1983 | 1183.040:wán |