Definitions
(noun)
ball; pellet; pill
Etymology
Derived from 夗. Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object", "pellet" and "pill".
About
The character "丸" derives from an early pictorial representation of a small, round entity, which gradually standardized into a form comprising the phonetic component "九" and an internal dot symbolizing the core of a spherical shape. Its original meaning centered on concrete round objects such as pellets or balls, with the character's structure emphasizing this enclosed circularity through the dot contained within a broader framework. Over time, its semantic scope widened to include not only physical round items like pills but also abstract qualities of completeness and roundness, while maintaining its fundamental graphical conception of a centralized point within a bounded space, thus preserving its etymological link to circular forms.
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药丸是圆的。
他每天吃药丸。
妈妈做了肉丸子汤。
这颗药丸很苦。
丸子是中国的传统食物。
他把药丸放在桌子上。
这种药丸能缓解头痛。
虽然药丸很苦，但是他还是吃了。