The kanji 円: meaning, readings and stroke order

円

Meaning: circle, yen
On reading: エン en
Kun reading: まる（い） marui
Strokes: 4
Radical: 冂 open country
Level: Level 1 · grade 1
Old form: 圓

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tròn, đồng yên (viên)
Japanese: まるい。にほんのおかね。
Korean: 동그라미, 엔 (엔)
Chinese: 圆、日元 (圆)

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading

百ひゃく円えん
one hundred yen
百ひゃく円えん もっています。
I have one hundred yen.

まる（い） marui · kun reading

円まるい
round
円まるい つくえをかこんですわります。
We sit around a round table.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.