Where does “○” come from?

○ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丸, from Middle Chinese 丸.

○ (Japanese): circle; correct, check mark, good

Definitions

  1. circle; correct, check mark, good

Ancestry of “○”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丸"any round object"; money; enclosure inside a...
2Middle Chinese丸—

Words derived from “○”

Every word from Middle Chinese 丸 →Every word from Japanese 丸 →