Quick answer
円 is the kanji for "Yen / Round / Circle". A common reading is まる.い (marui). You can practice writing it on this page.
Meaning
Yen / Round / Circle
Also : Yen · Round · Circle
Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Memory Aid
A dot inside a round enclosure — the dot marks the center of a perfect circle, like a coin spinning — money and roundness unified in one mark.
えん (en) sounds like 'yen' — the Japanese yen is a perfectly circular coin.
Example Sentences
誕生日ケーキを自分で買いました。五百円でした。
たんじょうびけーきをじぶんでかいました。ごひゃくえんでした。
I bought my own birthday cake. It cost 500 yen.
三千円のかばんを買ったら、その日に壊れました。
さんぜんえんのかばんをかったら、そのひにこわれました。
I bought a bag for 3000 yen and it broke the same day.
Vocabulary using 円
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