円

See also: 圓, 圆, and 靑

円	U+5186, 円 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5186

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Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)

Traditional	圓
Shinjitai	円
Simplified	圆

Han character

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

Derived characters

靑, 𦱫, 𣪗

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1513
Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 96, character 18
Unihan data for U+5186

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 円 – see 圓 (“circle; circular; round; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 圓).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		円
alternative forms		yen Cantonese

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 円(えん) (en).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuán, rìyuán (yuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ, ㄖˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jen¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnioe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²
  - Yale: ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rìyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyuán
  - Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: r̀-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyuan
  - Palladius: жиюань (žijuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Note: rìyuán - reading it as 日圓.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jen¹
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛːn⁵⁵/

Note: pronunciation borrowed directly from Japanese.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnioe
  - MiniDict: nyoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²³/

Definitions

円

Synonym of 日元 (rìyuán, “Japanese yen”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 日元 (“Japanese yen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日元, 日圓, 日幣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老日 argot
	Taiwan	日元, 日幣
	Singapore	日幣, 日元
Cantonese	Hong Kong	日元, yen, 日本yen, 日yen, 日本紙
Southern Min	Tainan	日票

Japanese

Shinjitai	円
Kyūjitai	圓

Glyph origin

Japanese simplification of 圓, via a simplified character similar to 𠮚.^[1]

Specifically, starting in the beginning of the Meiji period, the 員 in the middle of the character was abbreviated to 丨 in handwriting. As time went on, the bottom stroke of 囗 gradually rose, until by the time of the adoption of the shinjitai characters, it had reached or even surpassed the box's centre.

Kanji

円

(First grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 圓)

circle
yen

Readings

Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
Kun: つぶら (tsubura, 円ら)、つぶらか (tsuburaka, 円らか)、まと (mato)、まどか (madoka, 円か)、まどやか (madoyaka, 円やか)、まる (maru, 円)、まるい (marui, 円い, Jōyō)、まるめる (marumeru, 円める)、まろ (maro, 円)、まろい (maroi, 円い)、まろかす (marokasu, 円かす)、まろかる (marokaru, 円かる)、まろぐ (marogu, 円ぐ)、まろむ (maromu, 円む)、まろめる (maromeru, 円める)、まろやか (maroyaka, 円やか)、まろらか (maroraka, 円らか)
Nanori: つぶら (tsubura)、のぶ (nobu)、まどか (madoka)、みつ (mitsu)

Compounds

円(まど)居(い) (madoi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
円
えん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
圓 (kyūjitai)

円 on Japanese Wikipedia

円 (数学) on Japanese Wikipedia

円 (通貨) on Japanese Wikipedia

/wen/ → /eɴ/

From Middle Chinese 圓 (MC zjwen|hjwen), with the original sense of "circle, roundness".

The yen sense came much later in the Meiji period, from Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán), itself from 銀圓 / 银圆 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”). Compare Chinese 元 (yuán, “yuan”) and Korean 원 (won, “Korean won”). Doublet of 元 (gen, “yuan (Chinese currency)”), ユアン (yuan, “yuan (Chinese currency)”), and ウォン (won, “won (Korean currency)”).

The yen became the official currency of Japan in 1871, succeeding the 両 (ryō) and the 文 (mon).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

円(えん) • (en) ^{←ゑん (wen)^?}

a round or circular object; a circle; roundness
(mathematics) circle (set of all points in plane at a given distance and at a given point)
Synonym: 円周 (enshū)
yen
one yen is equal to 100 銭 (sen)

Synonym: 円貨 (enka)
- 1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ミニチュア製造カメラ [Miniature-Generating Camera]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 322:
  
  一(いち)億(おく)円(えん)⁉いらん帰(かえ)れ
  Ichioku-en⁉ Iran kaere
  100 million yen!? Get outta here!
  一(いっ)千(せん)万(まん)円(えん)でいい　百(ひゃく)万(まん)円(えん)！十(じゅう)万(まん)円(えん)！一(いち)万(まん)円(えん)！
  Issenman-en de ii Hyakuman-en! Jūman-en! Ichiman-en!
  Okay, 10 million yen then. 1 million! 100,000! 10,000!

Derived terms

(circle):
- 円(えん)軌(き)道(どう) (en kidō)
- 円(えん)グラフ (en-gurafu, “pie chart”)
- 外(がい)接(せつ)円(えん) (gaisetsuen)
- 四(し)分(ぶん)円(えん) (shibun-en)
- 内(ない)接(せつ)円(えん) (naisetsuen)
- 大(だい)円(えん) (daien)
- 同(どう)心(しん)円(えん) (dōshin'en)
- 半(はん)円(えん) (han'en)
(yen):
- 円(えん)高(だか) (endaka, “strong yen”)
- 円(えん)安(やす) (en'yasu, “weak yen”)
- 円(えん)為(かわ)替(せ) (en-kawase, “yen exchange”)
- 円(えん)価(か) (enka, “yen value”)
- 円(えん)貨(か) (enka)
- 円(えん)記(き)号(ごう) (en kigō, the yen symbol, ¥)
- 円(えん)借(しゃっ)款(かん) (en shakkan)
- 円(えん)相(そう)場(ば) (en sōba, “yen exchange rate”)
- 円(えん)建(だ)て (en-date)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 円
→ English: yen
- → Vietnamese: yên
→ French: yen
→ German: Yen
→ Greek: γιεν (gien)
→ Korean: 엔 (en)
→ Portuguese: iene
→ Russian: иена (ijena)
→ Thai: เยน (yeen)

Affix

円(えん) • (en) ^{←ゑん (wen)^?}

Derived terms

円(えん)運(うん)動(どう) (en undō, “circular motion”)
円(えん)蓋(がい) (engai, “dome”)
円(えん)滑(かつ) (enkatsu)
円(えん)罐(かま) (enkama)
円(えん)環(かん) (enkan)
円(えん)規(き) (enki, “compass (drawing tool)”)
円(えん)丘(きゅう) (enkyū)
円(えん)鏡(きょう) (enkyō)
円(えん)形(けい) (enkei)
円(えん)弧(こ) (enko)
円(えん)光(こう) (enkō)
円(えん)寂(じゃく) (enjaku)
円(えん)周(しゅう) (enshū, “circle”)
円(えん)熟(じゅく) (enjuku)
円(えん)心(しん) (enshin)
円(えん)陣(じん) (enjin)
円(えん)錐(すい) (ensui)
円(えん)窓(そう) (ensō)
円(えん)卓(たく) (entaku)
円(えん)柱(ちゅう) (enchū)
円(えん)虫(ちゅう)類(るい) (enchūrui)
円(えん)頂(ちょう) (enchō)
円(えん)転(てん) (enten)
円(えん)筒(とう) (entō)
円(えん)盤(ばん) (enban)
円(えん)舞(ぶ) (enbu)
円(えん)墳(ぷん) (enpun)
円(えん)偏(へん)光(こう) (en henkō)
円(えん)本(ぽん) (Enpon)
円(えん)満(まん) (enman)
円(えん)顱(ろ) (enro)
一(いち)円(えん) (ichien)
団(だん)円(えん) (dan'en)
楕(だ)円(えん), 橢(だ)円(えん) (daen), 長(ちょう)円(えん) (chōen, “oval, ellipse”)
方(ほう)円(えん) (hōen)
遊(ゆう)動(どう)円(えん)木(ぼく) (yūdōenboku)
卵(らん)円(えん)孔(こう) (ran'enkō)

Proper noun

円(えん) • (En) ^{←ゑん (Wen)^?}

a surname
a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
円
まろ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
圓 (kyūjitai)

⟨maro₂⟩ → /maro/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

円(まろ) • (maro)

(archaic) Alternative spelling of 丸 (“roundness, plumpness”)

Derived terms

円(まろ)し (maroshi), 円(まろ)い (maroi, “round”)
円(まろ)み (maromi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
円
まる Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
圓 (kyūjitai)

/maro/ → /maru/

Sound shift from maro above.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まる [màrú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟]

Noun

円(まる) • (maru)

Alternative spelling of 丸 (“circle”)

Derived terms

円(まる)し (marushi), 円(まる)い (marui, “round”)
円(まる)み (marumi)
円(まる)顔(がお) (marugao)
円(まる)鏡(かがみ) (marukagami)
円(まる)形(がた), 円(まる)型(がた) (marugata)
円(まる)鉋(がんな) (maruganna)
円(まる)錐(ぎり) (marugiri)
円(まる)天(てん)井(じょう) (maru tenjō)
円(まる)刃(ば) (maruba)
円(マル)花(ハナ)蜂(バチ) (maru-hanabachi, “bumblebee”)
円(まる)盆(ぼん) (marubon)
円(まる)窓(まど) (marumado)
円(まる)屋(や)根(ね) (maruyane, “cupola”)
黒(くろ)円(まる) (kuromaru)

Prefix

円(まる) • (maru-)

Alternative spelling of 丸: prefix to numbers remaining constant
Alternative spelling of 丸: prefix to noun to mean an object is completely in that noun

Proper noun

円(まる) • (Maru)

a unisex given name

Etymology 4

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

円(のどか) or 円(つぶら) or 円(まどか) or 円(まろか) or 円(みつ) or 円(めぐる) • (Nodoka or Tsubura or Madoka or Maroka or Mitsu or Meguru)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
円

Hanja

円 (eum 엔 (en))

hanja for names^[1]^[2]

Usage notes

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

References

^ 인명용 한자표
^ 엔, 한자사전

Vietnamese

Han character

円: Hán Nôm readings: viên

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[1] Toshinobu Sakaida, 円（圓）の異体字

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[3] 인명용 한자표

[4] 엔, 한자사전

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