# 円 — Yen

Frequency rank 271 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 好 (Like), less common than 勝 (Win).

- On’yomi: えん
- Kun’yomi: まる
- Radical: 冂 Wide (Kangxi 13)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 4

The swordsman's head is jammed on a stick driven into the ground under the wide crossbar, eyes still open, a price scratched into its cheek.

In words:

- 円 えん — circle,money
- 円い まるい — round,circular,spherical
- 円周 えんしゅう — circumference

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