円 – circle, yen, round

4 strokesTaught in grade 1#69 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 円 means circle, yen, round. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まる.い、まる、まど、まど.か、まろ.やか (marui, maru, mado, madoka, maroyaka). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 冂 (no. 13).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	まる.い	marui
Kun’yomi	まる	maru
Kun’yomi	まど	mado
Kun’yomi	まど.か	madoka
Kun’yomi	まろ.やか	maroyaka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冂 (Kangxi radical 13). Components: 冂・亠・一・｜.

Words using 円

円えんyen (currency of Japan)円まるcircle円周えんしゅうcircumference楕円だえんellipse円滑えんかつsmooth円満えんまんharmonious真ん円いまんまるいperfectly round

Example sentences

私はそのレコードを買うのに３０００円かかった。

It cost me 3,000 yen to buy the record.

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これは100万円の価値がある。

This is worth one million yen.

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ある気前の良い男性が、およそ二十億円を慈善団体に寄付した。

A generous man contributed some two billion yen to charity.

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Kanji with the same radical

内再冊冒

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