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円

Yen
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingまる.い
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 2

Meanings

  1. yen
    彼は百円しか持ち合わせていなかった。He had no more than one hundred yen with him.tatoeba
    彼が髪を刈ってもらうのに３，０００円かかった。It cost him 3,000 yen to get a haircut.tatoeba
  2. circleRtK
  3. round
  1. yen (currency of Japan)

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (えん)
園 · garden

Popular Usage

円周円滑円満

Radicals and components

Radical冂wide
How it's built
円
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

yen

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1952

Compound words

円周えんしゅう
circumference
円高えんだか
appreciation of the yen; strong yen
千円せんえん
1000 yen
百円ひゃくえん
100 yen
一万円いちまんえん
ten thousand yen
五千円ごせんえん
5,000 yen
円満えんまん
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth
円滑えんかつ
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
一円いちえん
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
円安えんやす
depreciation of the yen; weak yen
円弧えんこ
arc
円熟えんじゅく
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
円卓えんたく
round table
円柱えんちゅう
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
円筒えんとう
cylinder
円盤えんばん
disk; discus; platter; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
楕円だえん
ellipse; oval
円形えんけい
round shape; circle; circular form
円建てえんだて
yen basis (for trade, exchange, etc.); yen-denominated; yen-based
千円札せんえんさつ
1,000 yen bill
楕円形だえんけい
elliptical shape; oval shape
円相場えんそうば
yen exchange rate
１０００円せんえん
1000 yen
１００円ショップひゃくえんショップ
hundred-yen store; dollar store

On Reading Examples

彼は損害を５００万円と見積もった。えん
He estimated the loss at five million yen.tatoeba
彼は先月、アルバイトをして１０万円も稼いだ。えん
He earned as much as 100,000 yen working part-time last month.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は二千円も持っている。
He has no less than two thousand yen with him.tatoeba
彼は駐車違反で５千円の罰金を科せられた。
They fined him 5,000 yen for illegal parking.tatoeba
袖口の長さは、円周の半分で表現される。
The length of the sleeve opening is expressed as half of the circumference length of the sleeve opening.wiki
径 1 尺の円 (数学)の円周を 4 咫としていた。
Having a diameter of twenty-four centimeters was regarded as a circumference of four 'ata.'wiki
ただし、閣内では政友会は少数派であり閣内は円滑ではなかった。
However, the politics inside the cabinet did not go smoothly since the Seiyukai was a minority in the cabinet.wiki
諡号は円満本光国師。
His shigo (a posthumous name) was Enman Hoko Kokushi (Perfect Source of Light who Teaches the Lands).wiki
諡は仏光禅師・円満常照国師。
His okurina (posthumous name) was Bukko zenji Enmanjosho kokushi.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Yen, circle. A simplified form of old 圓 'round' — round coins.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 円

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