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Japanese Currency
円 is Yen, the Japanese currency.
円 is the Japanese variant of the original Chinese 圓 or 圆. It means circle, entirety, whole, full, or complete. It was the slang usage that became money, dough, or moola.
Occasionally, this is used as a given name or for other interesting uses. This version of the character is seldom used in Chinese unless referring to Japanese money.
Unless you have a specific reason to request it, this is a strange selection for a wall scroll.
眼 is the simplest way to write eyes or eyeballs in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can also mean eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, glance, viewpoint, insight, perceptivity, the power of observation, or simply the eye.
These search terms might be related to Yen:
Aspire / Burning Desire
Desire
Desire / Craving
Desire / Longing / Craving
Desire / Wish / Aspiration
Four Noble Truths: Desire and Attachment
Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment
Give Up Desire
Kama - Desire Wish Longing
Longing for Lover
Lust / Desire / Passion
Missing / Yearning
Omoi / Desire
Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your yen search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
岩 see styles |
yán yan2 yen yan やん |
More info & calligraphy: Iwa(1) rock; boulder; (2) crag; cliff; (3) anchor; (personal name) Yan |
烟 see styles |
yān yan1 yen engan えんがん |
More info & calligraphy: SmokeSmoke; also tobacco, opium. |
燕 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen tsubame(p); tsubakurame(ok); tsubakura(ok); tsubakuro(ok); tsubame(p) つばめ(P); つばくらめ(ok); つばくら(ok); つばくろ(ok); ツバメ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Swallow(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi |
眼 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen manako まなこ |
More info & calligraphy: Eyeballs / Eyes(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki cakṣuh, the eye. |
雁 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen gan がん |
More info & calligraphy: Wild Goose(1) (surname) (given) Gan; (2) (work) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai); (surname, given name) Gan; (wk) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai) A hawk, also used for hamsa, a wild goose. |
佛眼 see styles |
fó yǎn fo2 yan3 fo yen butsugen |
More info & calligraphy: The Eye of the Buddha |
嚴整 严整 see styles |
yán zhěng yan2 zheng3 yen cheng gonsei |
More info & calligraphy: Well-Disciplined / Orderlyto make neat and tidy |
尊嚴 尊严 see styles |
zūn yán zun1 yan2 tsun yen |
More info & calligraphy: Dignity / Honor / Sanctity / Integrity |
岩漿 岩浆 see styles |
yán jiāng yan2 jiang1 yen chiang ganshou / gansho がんしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Lava / Magma(See マグマ) magma |
心眼 see styles |
xīn yǎn xin1 yan3 hsin yen shingan しんがん |
More info & calligraphy: Mind’s Eyethe mind's eye The eye of the mind, mental vision. |
演化 see styles |
yǎn huà yan3 hua4 yen hua |
More info & calligraphy: Evolve / Evolution |
言行 see styles |
yán xíng yan2 xing2 yen hsing genkou / genko げんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Words and Deedsspeech and behaviour (behavior) Words and deeds. |
顏色 颜色 see styles |
yán sè yan2 se4 yen se |
More info & calligraphy: Color |
千里眼 see styles |
qiān lǐ yǎn qian1 li3 yan3 ch`ien li yen chien li yen senrigan せんりがん |
More info & calligraphy: Clairvoyance(1) clairvoyance; second sight; (2) clairvoyant clairvoyance |
孫燕姿 孙燕姿 see styles |
sūn yàn zī sun1 yan4 zi1 sun yen tzu |
More info & calligraphy: Stefanie |
眼鏡蛇 眼镜蛇 see styles |
yǎn jìng shé yan3 jing4 she2 yen ching she meganehebi めがねへび |
More info & calligraphy: Cobraspectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja) |
乵 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
archaic variant of 進|进[jin4] |
偃 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
to lie supine; to stop; to fall down |
傿 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen |
fraudulent price |
儼 俨 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen gen げん |
majestic; dignified (adj-t,adv-to) strict; stern |
兗 兖 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
used in 兗州|兖州[Yan3zhou1] |
剡 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen en |
sharp Pointed, sharp. |
匽 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
to hide, to secrete, to repress; to bend |
厭 厌 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen on いや |
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy (noun or adjectival noun) disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant Satiated; weary of; disgusted with. |
厳 see styles |
yán yan2 yen tsuyoshi つよし |
Japanese variant of 嚴|严 (adj-t,adv-to) strict; stern; (male given name) Tsuyoshi |
厴 厣 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen heta へた |
operculum (Latin: little lid); a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy) (kana only) {zool} operculum (of a shellfish) |
唁 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen |
to extend condolences |
啱 see styles |
yān yan1 yen |
correct; suitable; to suit sb; just now (Cantonese) |
喭 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen |
condole with |
噞 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Yen | 円 / 圓 円 / 圆 | yen | yuán / yuan2 / yuan | yüan |
Eyeballs Eyes | 眼 | gan | yǎn / yan3 / yan | yen |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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