円

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

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

• 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

Japanese simplification of 圓／圆 (yuán).

円

1. yen (unit of Japanese currency)

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

1. circle
2. yen

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}; おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kun: まる (maru, 円); まるい (marui, 円い, Jōyō); つぶら (tsubura, 円ら); まどか (madoka, 円か); まろやか (maroyaka, 円やか)

/wen/ → /eɴ/

From Middle Chinese 圓 (MC ziuᴇn, ɦˠiuᴇn), with the original sense of "circle, roundness".

The yen sense came much later in the Meiji period, a borrowing Mandarin 圓 (yuán), itself from 銀圓 (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”). Compare Chinese 元 (yuán, “yuan”) and Korean 원 (won, “Korean won”).

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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) え​ん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

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

1. a round or circular object; a circle; roundness
2. (mathematics) circle (set of all points in plane at a given distance and at a given point)

   Synonym: 円周 (enshū)

3. yen

   one yen is equal to 100 銭 (sen)

   Synonym: 円貨 (enka)

   • 1989 November 10 [May 25 1988], 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), volume 3 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 322:

     一億円⁉いらん帰れ
     一千万円でいい　百万円！十万円！一万円！

     Ichiokuen⁉ Iran kaere
     Issen’en de ii Hyakuman’en! Jūman’en! Ichiman’en!

     100 million yen⁉ No way!
     Okay, 10 million yen then. 1 million! 100,000! 10,000!

• → Chinese: 圓
• → English: yen
  • → Vietnamese: yên
• → French: yen
• → German: Yen
• → Korean: 엔 (en)
• → Portuguese: iene
• → Russian: иена (ijena)

• ¥

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

1. circular; round
2. smooth; harmonious
3. yen: the official currency of Japan

円 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana えん, rōmaji En, historical hiragana ゑん)

1. A surname​.
2. a female given name

⟨maro₂⟩ → /maro/

From Old Japanese.

円 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana まろ, rōmaji maro)

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

/maro/ → /maru/

Sound shift from maro above.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まる [màrú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

円 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana まる, rōmaji maru)

1. Alternative spelling of 丸 (“circle”)

円 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana まる, rōmaji maru-)

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

円 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 圓, hiragana まる, rōmaji Maru)

1. A surname​.
2. a unisex given name

Various nanori readings.

円 (hiragana のどか, rōmaji Nodoka, alternative reading つぶら, rōmaji Tsubura, alternative reading まどか, rōmaji Madoka, alternative reading まろか, rōmaji Maroka, alternative reading みつ, rōmaji Mitsu, alternative reading めぐる, rōmaji Meguru)

1. a female given name

円 (hiragana つぶら, rōmaji Tsubura, alternative reading まどか, rōmaji Madoka)

1. A surname​.

円 (hiragana まろし, rōmaji Maroshi)

1. a unisex given name

円 (eum 엔 (en))

1. hanja for names[1][2]

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

円: Hán Nôm readings: viên

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