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円

Kanji · JLPT N5 · Shopping and money

円 Circle, Yen, Round

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

えん

Mostly used when 円 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

まるい、まる、まど、まどか、まろやか

Mostly used when 円 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
4
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#69

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).