Kanji 円 — "Yen"
Here is what 円 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Yen" stick.
Also means: Round, Circle
How it is read
えん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
まる.い, まる, まど, まど.か, まろ.やか
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The currency Yen — kanji and component, same meaning!
- 円 Yen
The Yen currency unit. You'll see it often when shopping or on Japanese banknotes and coins.
Words that use 円
9 of 9 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 円満 えんまん harmony, peace, smoothness
- 円滑 えんかつ harmony, smoothness
- 楕円 だえん ellipse
- 円周 えんしゅう circumference
- 円 えん / まる Yen
- 真ん円い まんまるい perfectly round
- ～円 ～えん Yen
- 丸い; 円い まるい round, circular
- －円 －えん － yen
Want 円 to still be there next month?
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