円

円	Meanings: yen, money, circle On Readings: エン en Kun Readings: まる（い） maru(i) Most Used Pronunciation: en JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 冂 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
一万円 - いち　まん　えん ichi man en - 10,000 yen (about $100 US)
千円札 - せん　えん　さつ sen en satsu - 1,000 yen bill

Useful Examples
Japanese: 百円を拾いました。
Romaji: hyaku en o hiroimashita
English: I found (picked up) 100 yen.

Japanese: 二千円札を持っていますか？
Romaji: ni sen en satsu o motte imasu ka?
English: Do you have a 2000 yen bill?

Japanese: 一万円が欲しい。
Romaji: ichi man en ga hoshii
English: I want 10,000 yen.

Japanese: 千円を貸して下さい。
Romaji: sen en o kashite kudasai
English: Please loan me 1,000 yen. (about $10 US)

Japanese: この千円札を１００円硬貨１０個に替えてください。
Romaji: kono sen en satsu wo hyaku en kouka jikko ni kaete kudasai.
Literal: this 1000 yen bill one hundred yen coin(s) ten items to change please
English: Please change (break) this 1000-yen bill into ten 100-yen coins.

Japanese: この時計は一万円だった。
Romaji: kono tokei wa ichiman'en datta.
English: This watch cost me ten thousand yen.

Japanese: タクシーを使えば、少なくとも２０００円はかかる。
Romaji: takushi- o tsukaeba, sukunaku to mo 2000 en wa kakaru.
English: It will cost at least 2000 yen to take a taxi.

Japanese: １ドルは現在１１０円と等価である。
Romaji: 1 doru wa genzai 110 en to touka de aru.
English: One dollar is equivalent to 110 yen.

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Notes/Mnemonic
This is often used instead of the Yen symbol ￥

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.