Today’s second #kanji is #円. It’s made of #まきがまえ/#けいがまえ（冂）. 円 used to be an informal variant of 圓 which is made of #くにがまえ（囗） and 員.
Meaning: yen (Japanese currency), a circle, round
Reading: エン、まる（い）、まどか*、つぶら*
円（エン）: yen (the name of the Japanese currency)
円高（エンだか）: a strong yen (rate)
円満（エンマン）（な）: harmonious, happy, peaceful, amiable
一円（イチエン）: 1 yen: the entire area, throughout
楕円（ダエン）: an ellipse, an oval
半円（ハンエン）: a half circle, a semicircle
同心円（ドウシンエン）: a concentric circle
円（まる）い: round, rotund, circular
<Difficult Reading – people’s name>
円（まどか）広志（ひろし） – a singer
円谷（つぶらや）英二（えいじ） – a Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television series, being one of the co-creators for the Godzilla series, as well as the main creator of the Ultra Series
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