Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle

    私たちは火の周りに円を描いて座った。
    We sat around the fire in a circle.
  2. to draw a circle

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

circle, yen, round

Kun
まる.いまるまどまど.かまろ.やか
On
エン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
69 of 2500
Radical
open country
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

つぶらのぶまどかみつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-2SKIP code
2r2.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3645deroo
5186Unicode hex code
1-17-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
617Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
385New Nelson (John Haig)
2955New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3673Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1875Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2555Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1811Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1952Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
78Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
159Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513Morohashi
4A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
13Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48sakade
20Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
50henshall3
25Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
260crowley
14Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.12busy_people
159Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
185Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sketch, compose, write, draw, paint

Kun
えが.くか.く
On
ビョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
876 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 38

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.21The Kanji Dictionary
5406.0Four corner code
1376deroo
63cfUnicode hex code
1-41-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1936Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2196New Nelson (John Haig)
488New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
591Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
358Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
445Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
670Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
723Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
920A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1489Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12339XMorohashi
1741A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1469Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1566Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1367Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1444Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
765Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
910Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
677Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
miao2Pinyin reading
myoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
38WaniKani level