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Keyword
one yen coin
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig1952
Old form圓
Readings
えん
(91%)
まる
(7%)
Mnemonic

A circular one yen coin. This character looks like one of those bank teller windows where you can obtain such coins, with the upper two rectangles being the glass windows through which you can see the teller, and the lower part being where you put your hand through to take the money.

Internationally we use the "¥" sign to denote the Japanese yen, however domestically the Japanese actually use this kanji as the sign for their currency.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
猜
jealousy
蜻
dragonfly
睛
pupil of the eye
菁
???
3 more...
Used in vocabulary (274 in total)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
round shape; circle; circular form
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
271 more...
Examples (200 in total)
It no longer seems to be a perfect circle.
Draw a small circle.
The Japanese yen rose.
We sat around the fire in a circle.
I bought that book for 2000 yen.
I sold the picture for 20,000 yen.
Can I make a phone call for ten yen?
It doesn't cost 300 yen.
I bought this book for 300 yen.
Can you sell the book to me for 500 yen?
I have about 5,000 yen.
I owe him no less than 50,000 yen.
This old book is worth 50,000 yen.
This dress cost me over 40,000 yen.
I had no more than 1,000 yen.
Can you lend me 500 yen?
Do you have 5,000 yen you could lend me?
I paid 2,000 yen for this atlas.
He earns 300,000 yen a month.
I bought this camera for 35,000 yen.
I bought a camera for 30,000 yen.
I bought this camera for 25,000 yen.
He bought a bicycle for fifty thousand yen.
The new bicycle cost me as much as 50,000 yen.
I bought this hat for 2000 yen.
The value of the yen has risen greatly.
I lived in Kouenji.
The price of bread rose by ten yen.
I profited 200,000 yen yesterday.
The house looks circular, but it isn't a complete circle.
She rents the room to a student for seventy thousand yen a month.
I owe him 50,000 yen.
His father allows him 2000 yen a week.
It will cost about 2000 yen to repair it.
It cost me one thousand yen to get the bicycle fixed.
It cost me 5,000 yen to repair my bicycle.
This rope is 200 yen a meter.
One ticket costs five hundred yen.
My salary is 300,000 yen.
It will cost at least 2000 yen to take a taxi.
A strong yen is shaking the economy.
This desk cost me 20,000 yen.
The cost amounted to five thousand yen.
The dollar dropped to 125 today from 126 yen yesterday.
The yen appreciated 10 percent against the dollar.
The yen is weaker than the dollar.
Please exchange yen for dollars.
I exchanged yen for dollars.
He exchanged yen for dollars.
One dollar is equivalent to 110 yen.
I owe you 3,000 yen.
Is there a bank where I can exchange yen for dollars?
This watch cost 70,000 yen.
He invested 500,000 yen in stocks.
I converted my yen into dollars.
This book costs 3,000 yen.
That's 3000 yen altogether.
He exists on 3,000 yen a day.
The yen is expected to lose value against the dollar.
Make a circle and hold hands.
It cost me 3,000 yen to buy the record.
This is worth one million yen.
If I had one million yen now, I would buy a car.
If you were to be given a million yen, what would you do with it?
He can invest a million yen in stocks.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
We need a square table, not a round one.
These gems are priced at over a million yen each.
I paid 1,500 yen for this dictionary.
Supposing you had one million yen, what would you do with it?
If you won a million yen, what would you do?
His savings will soon amount to one million yen.
I have a deposit of 500,000 yen at the bank.
He earned as much as 100,000 yen working part-time last month.
I owe her 100,000 yen.
His debts amount to 100,000 yen.
The company suffered a loss of one billion yen last year.
Their losses reached one million yen.
The loss amounted to $2,000,000.
It cost him 3,000 yen to get a haircut.
That job brings him in an extra 60,000 yen a month.
"How much did it cost?" "It cost me a thousand yen."
These records are 2,000 yen each.
You can't buy it under 1,000 yen.
I have no more than one thousand yen.
Is one thousand yen enough?
He paid 1,000 yen for this book.
He has no more than 1,000 yen.
He sold me the book for one thousand yen.
Mother gives my sister two thousand yen every month.
I paid two thousand yen for the book.
I was robbed of no more than 1,000 yen.
I gave them one thousand yen each.
I have only five thousand yen.
Five thousand yen is enough to buy this dictionary.
He earns half a million yen a month.
Make a circle on the floor.
She drew a circle on a piece of paper with a pencil.
Our math teacher drew a circle on the blackboard.
We can't live on 150,000 yen a month.
Even this cable cost me 6000 yen.
I paid 800 yen for this book.
This vending machine won't accept 500 yen coins.
The total expense for the project amounts to one hundred million yen.
The loss reached three million yen.
Tom has a bald spot.
In those days, a cup of coffee cost 200 yen.
The Japanese yen is a stable currency.
A thousand yen discount is a pretty great deal, no?
They assessed the land at nine million yen.
We concluded, however that the price of 5,000,000 yen was too high.
He estimated the loss at five million yen.
The damage amounted to five million yen.
Last year my income was about five million yen.
Suppose you had ten million yen, what would you do?
It cost me 100 yen to send the letter.
He was cheated of 100 yen.
It wasn't a 100 yen coin, it was a bottle cap.
He had only one hundred yen on him.
Please give me one 80-yen stamp.
Will you please stick a 60-yen stamp on the envelope?
I bought five ten-yen stamps.
Do you have a seven-yen stamp?
Is it about ten million yen?
This coat is ten thousand yen.
I can't live on ten thousand yen a month.
Can you lend me 10,000 yen?
Could you lend me 10,000 yen?
I'll bet 10,000 yen on his winning.
I put ten thousand yen into the bank every month.
My annual income exceeds five million yen.
I didn't spend a penny.
I think it will cost you more than 10,000 yen to have this camera fixed.
We had to pay ten thousand yen in addition.
It will cost around 10,000 yen.
Even if it costs 10,000 yen, I must buy the dictionary.
Each member has to pay 10,000 yen a month.
He had no more than 10,000 yen.
He gave me 10,000 yen.
He was fined 10000 yen.
I want to change ten thousand yen to dollars.
Is ten thousand yen enough?
It will cost more than ten thousand yen.
The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.
The bus fare here is 90 yen a section.
My monthly salary is 300,000 yen.
The expenditure totaled 200,000 yen.
The sum came to 3,000 yen.
I only have 100 yen on me.
This hat is cheap at 1000 yen.
The ticket will cost not less than 1,000 yen.
The tickets are 1,000 yen each.
They paid us each 1,000 yen.
She has no more than one thousand yen.
She has not more than 1000 yen.
I have no more than 1,000 yen with me.
You can buy it for a thousand yen or so.
I borrowed 1,000 yen from my cousin.
Today's rate is 140 yen to the dollar.
A Japanese businessman bought the artwork for 200 million yen.
Where can I exchange yen for dollars?
Where can we exchange yen into dollars?
Can I exchange yen for dollars here?
I exchanged some yen for dollars at the bank.
I pay 100,000 yen in monthly rent for my apartment.
I am given a monthly allowance of fifty thousand yen.
He took out a 1,000-yen note from his wallet.
She deposits 10,000 yen in the bank every month.
You can make up to 80,000 yen a month in that part-time job.
His debts amounted to five million yen.
This is five thousand yen in the Japanese Yen.
I have an income of 50,000 yen a month.
An egg is not round but oval.
The price was only three thousand yen, or about thirty dollars.
I have no more than three thousand yen.
Oops, my fault. It's 3000 yen, not 3000 euros.
Is it possible to determine the diameter from the circumference?
I give my mother fifty thousand yen on payday every month.
She won ten million yen in the lottery.
The Maruyama river flows through Kinosaki.
Can you give me the definition of a cone?
The Japanese pride themselves on Mt. Fuji, a cone-shaped mountain.
This job pays 10,000 yen a day.
His monthly income amounts to half a million yen.
The hotel charged me 8,000 yen for the room.
This is a work from Turner's mature period.
The lodger next door lives on about 30,000 yen a month.
I paid 40,000 yen for this tape recorder.
The company's capital expenditure program is set to be 10 billion yen for this year.
Ken was fined 7,000 yen for speeding.
In addition to about 30,000 yen, the wallet contained his driver's license.
The dispute was settled peacefully.
The magazine article said that the value of the yen would rise.
The strong yen was a fatal blow to the company.
The strong yen was advantageous to our company.
Can you break a 10,000 yen bill?
Can you exchange a 10000 yen note into 50 pence coins?
This vending machine takes only hundred-yen coins.
The dollar was devalued against the Japanese currency from 360 yen to 308 yen.
The generous dentist contributed some two billion yen to charity.