Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
open country
Parts:
Variants:
circle, yen, round
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
69 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 円 【エン】 yen (Japanese monetary unit), circle
  • 円滑 【エンカツ】 smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
  • 楕円 【ダエン】 ellipse
  • 同心円 【ドウシンエン】 concentric circles

Kun reading compounds

  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 黒円 【くろまる】 black spot, black dot, bull's-eye, middle dot, interpunct
  • 円居 【まどい】 sitting in a circle, pleasant gathering
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円やか 【まろやか】 round, circular, spherical, mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth

Readings

Japanese names:
つぶら、 のぶ、 まどか、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • circular
  • redondo
  • yen

Portuguese

  • círculo
  • iene
  • redondo

French

  • cercle
  • yen
  • rond
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
50 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
4 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
617 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
159 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
78 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
13 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
159 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
185 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1513 Morohashi
2955 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1811 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
260 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
25 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
2r2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-17-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ring, circle, loop
Kun:
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 環 【カン】 ring, band, rim, ring, circum-
  • 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
  • 円環 【エンカン】 circle, ring, torus
  • 外環 【ガイカン】 outer ring, outer loop

Kun reading compounds

  • 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
  • 浮き輪 【うきわ】 swim ring, swimming ring, life buoy, life belt, life preserver, lifesaver
  • 腕輪 【うでわ】 bracelet, bangle

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 たまき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan2
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • círculo
  • anillo
  • eslabón
  • giro

Portuguese

  • argola
  • círculo
  • elo
  • roda

French

  • anneau
  • cercle
  • roue
  • maillon
1115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
991 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2970 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2620 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
884 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1035 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1323 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
844 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21287 Morohashi
1090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3680 New Nelson (John Haig)
836 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
899 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1875 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
4f13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
1613.2 Four corner code
1-20-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74b0 Unicode hex code