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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 円 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
夫婦円満 see styles |
fuufuenman / fufuenman ふうふえんまん |
More info & calligraphy: Happy Marriage |
円 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan meguru めぐる |
yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆 (1) circle; (n,n-pref) (2) entirety; whole; full; complete; (3) (slang) money; dough; moola; (4) enclosure inside a castle's walls; (5) (ksb:) soft-shelled turtle; (suffix) (6) 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.; (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (female given name) Meguru |
だ円 see styles |
daen だえん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) ellipse |
一円 see styles |
ichien いちえん |
(1) one yen; (suf,adv) (2) throughout (an area); whole district; (place-name, surname) Ichien |
上円 see styles |
ueen うええん |
(surname) Ueen |
下円 see styles |
shimoen しもえん |
(place-name) Shimoen |
乗円 see styles |
norimaro のりまろ |
(given name) Norimaro |
了円 see styles |
ryouen / ryoen りょうえん |
(given name) Ryōen |
京円 see styles |
kyouen / kyoen きょうえん |
(surname) Kyōen |
仏円 see styles |
butsuen ぶつえん |
(surname) Butsuen |
伯円 see styles |
hakuen はくえん |
(given name) Hakuen |
佐円 see styles |
saen さえん |
(surname) Saen |
佛円 see styles |
butsuen ぶつえん |
(surname) Butsuen |
修円 see styles |
shuuen / shuen しゅうえん |
(personal name) Shuuen |
光円 see styles |
kouen / koen こうえん |
(given name) Kōen |
円い see styles |
maroi まろい marui まるい |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjective) (1) round; circular; spherical; (2) harmonious; calm; (adjective) (1) round; circular; spherical; (2) harmonious; calm |
円か see styles |
madoka まどか |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) round; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) tranquil; contentedly at ease |
円く see styles |
maruku まるく |
(adverb) (1) in a circle; (2) amicably |
円み see styles |
marumi まるみ |
(1) roundness; rotundity; (2) mellowness; maturity |
円ら see styles |
tsubura つぶら |
(adjectival noun) (kana only) round and cute (esp. of eyes) |
円一 see styles |
nobukazu のぶかず |
(personal name) Nobukazu |
円丁 see styles |
enchou / encho えんちょう |
(surname) Enchō |
円丈 see styles |
enjou / enjo えんじょう |
(given name) Enjō |
円三 see styles |
enzou / enzo えんぞう |
(personal name) Enzou |
円上 see styles |
enjou / enjo えんじょう |
(place-name) Enjō |
円世 see styles |
nobuyo のぶよ |
(personal name) Nobuyo |
円丘 see styles |
enkyuu / enkyu えんきゅう |
knoll; hummock; (surname) En'oka |
円並 see styles |
ennami えんなみ |
(surname) Ennami |
円中 see styles |
marunaka まるなか |
(surname) Marunaka |
円丸 see styles |
enmaru えんまる |
(surname) Enmaru |
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 |
Happy Marriage | 夫婦円満 | fuufuenman / fufuenman | ||
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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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.
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