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Chinese symbol for “yen”

日元
rì yuán
yen (currency of Japan)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yen is 日元 (rì yuán), defined as: yen (currency of Japan).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes
元 yuán
first; dollar; origin; head
radical 10 ⼉ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “yen”

WordPinyinMeaning
円yuányen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆

Related words

Other words that share a character with 日元.

WordPinyinMeaning
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
日期rì qīdate
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
多元duō yuánpoly-; multi-

See also: Japanese symbol for “yen”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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