丸 (jyun4 jyun4*2 | wan2) : pellet, pill; egg

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丸

jyun4 jyun4*2

wan2

[1] small round object; pellet; pill; small ball [2] [v] make pills [3] [n] egg [4] [Japanese] indicating completion or completeness

Stroke count: 3

Level: 2

Radical: 丶 (#3)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

丸

Don't confuse with:
九

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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藥丸 joek6 jyun4*2 yao4 wan2 = medicine pill; tablet

睪丸 gou1 jyun4*2 gao1 wan2 = testicle; testicles

墨魚丸 mak6 jyu4 jyun4*2 = cuttlefish ball

臭丸 cau3 jyun4*2 = camphor ball

魚丸 jyu4 jyun4*2 yu2 wan2 = minced fish ball

定心丸 ding6 sam1 jyun4*2 = tranquilizer; s.t. capable of setting s.b.'s mind at ease

暈浪丸 wan4 long6 jyun4*2 = seasick pills

樟腦臭丸 zoeng1 nou5 cau3 jyun4*2 = camphor balls, moth balls

睾丸 gou1 jyun4*2 = testicle

睪丸素 gou1 jyun4*2 sou3 gao1 wan2 su4 = testosterone
See all 26 compounds (CantoDict reports 27 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 丸

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 丸
Unicode code for this character: U+4e38 (off-site link)

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