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Kanji Detail for 円 - "circle, round, yen"

円

  • Meaning

    円 means "circle, round, yen."

    1. Circle - A round shape; circular form.

    2. Round - Circular; spherical; without angles.

    3. Smooth - Harmonious; gentle; well-rounded.

    4. Complete - Perfect; whole; without deficiency.

    5. Yen - The monetary unit of Japan.

    6. Surrounding area - The vicinity; all around.

  • Words using 円

    • 円高 えんだか Listen appreciation of the yen; strong yen
    • 円安 えんやす Listen depreciation of the yen; weak yen
    • 円相場 えんそうば Listen yen exchange rate
    • 一円 いちえん Listen one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
    • 円滑 えんかつ Listen smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted
    • 円形 えんけい Listen round shape; circle; circular form
    • 円卓 えんたく Listen round table
    • 円満 えんまん Listen harmonious; peaceful; happy

  • Four-character idioms with 円

    • 円満具足 えんまんぐそく Listen (things) being complete, tranquil, and in harmony
    • 円滑洒脱 えんかつしゃだつ Listen being smooth, free and easy; refined and unconventional
    • 円転滑脱 えんてんかつだつ Listen suave; tactful; smooth
    • 円鑿方枘 えんさくほうぜい Listen round peg in a square hole
    • 方底円蓋 ほうていえんがい Listen being a (total) mismatch; not fitting together; being ill-suited
    • 福徳円満 ふくとくえんまん Listen being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness

  • Origin of 円

    The old form 圓 rounds 員 — a round tripod vessel — inside the enclosure 囗: roundness itself. The yen is literally "the round one", named for the shape of its coins.

    How to remember it: The roundest thing in the box 囗 — a coin: the circle, and the yen.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: circle, round, yen
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えん, つぶら, のどか, まどか)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 円

    Given names 円(えん)Listen 円(つぶら)Listen 円(のどか)Listen 円(まどか)Listen 円(まる)Listen 円(まろか)Listen 円(まろし)Listen 円(みつ)Listen 円(めぐる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    circle; yen; round

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    yen

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    circle; yen

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mado(まど) まど

    madoka(まど-か) まど-か

    maro.yaka(まろ-やか) まろ-やか

    maru(まる) まる

    maru.i(まる-い) まる-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    冂 (keigamae・makigamae・engamae・dogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    circle round yen smooth complete cute surrounding area circular currency perfect spherical full harmonious flowing elegant graceful coin banknote commerce economy finance money payment savings

Sentences including 円

  • This is worth one million yen.

  • He bought a bicycle for fifty thousand yen.

  • Can you lend me 500 yen?

  • I paid him 20000 yen on account.

  • My credit is good for 50,000 yen.

  • The new bicycle cost me as much as 50,000 yen.

  • Can you lend me 10,000 yen?

  • This dress cost me over 40,000 yen.

  • Is there a bank where i can exchange yen for dollars?

  • The yen is weaker than the dollar.

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