Translingual

Japanese stroke order

Han character

円 (radical 13 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月卜 (BY) or 月中一 (BLM), composition ⿵冂丄)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1513
• Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 96, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5186

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圓)

Readings

• Goon: おん (on)
• Kan’on: えん (en)
• Kun: まる (maru), まるい (円い) (marui), つぶら (円ら) (tsubura)
• Nanori: まどか (madoka)

Compounds

Etymology

(Yen) from Mandarin 圓 (yuán "circle" >"round coin") referring to the piece of eight (compare Mandarin yuán 元, Korean won 원).

Noun

円 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana えん, romaji en, historical hiragana ゑん)

1. (mathematics) circle
2. yen (the Japanese currency)

Derived terms

• (circle):
  • 外接円
  • 内接円
  • 交換円
  • 四分円
  • 大円
  • 同心円
  • 半円
  • 円軌道
  • 円グラフ
• (yen):
  • 円安
  • 円為替
  • 円価
  • 円貨
  • 円記号
  • 円借款
  • 円相場
  • 円建て

See also

• ¥

Noun

円 ‎(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

1. circle, ring

Korean

Hanja

円 • ‎(en) (hangeul 엔)

1. hanja for names^[1][2]

Usage notes

This is the only character whose pronunciation is from modern Japanese, not from Classical Chinese.

References

1. ↑ 인명용 한자표
2. ↑ 엔, 한자사전