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銭

銭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ぜに、金属製の貨幣。
  2. すき、農機具の一種。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「錢」の略体。「錢」については錢#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

coin, .01 yen, money

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • センElem.
  • ゼン
Kun (native)
  • ぜにJHS
  • すき
Other languages
  • 拼音qian2
  • 한글jeon
  • Hán-ViệtTiền

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+92AD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金㦮

Words using this kanji

  • 銭せん(ぜに) 貨幣。かね。 (セン) 通貨の補助単位。円の100分の1。sen (hundredth of a yen), coin made of non-precious materials, one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
  • 銭湯せんとう料金（入浴料）を支払って風呂に入る施設。風呂がない住宅が多かった時代には多く見られた。public bath, bathhouse
  • 銭ぜに(ぜに) 貨幣。かね。 (セン) 通貨の補助単位。円の100分の1。round coin with a (square) hole in the center, coin made of non-precious materials, money
  • 銭ぜぜ(ぜに) 貨幣。かね。 (セン) 通貨の補助単位。円の100分の1。money
  • 銭箱ぜにばこcash box
  • 銭苔ゼニゴケcommon liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha), liverwort
  • 銭金ぜにかねmoney
  • 銭亀ぜにがめbaby spotted turtle, immature Japanese pond turtle, young Japanese terrapin
  • 銭葵ぜにあおいぜにあおい。common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)
  • 銭貨せんか。貨幣。coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)
  • 銭袋ぜにぶくろcoin purse
  • 銭鱮ぜにたなごAcheilognathus typus (species of bitterling-like cyprinid)
  • 銭入れぜにいれtill, purse, handbag
  • 銭貨学せんかがくnumismatics
  • 銭勘定ぜにかんじょうcounting the revenues and expenditures, counting the gains and losses
  • 銭使いぜにづかい(way of) spending money
  • 銭失いぜにうしないwaste of money
  • 銭ころちゃんころcash, coin
  • 銭太鼓ぜにだいこzenidaiko
  • 銭形海豹ぜにがたあざらしharbor seal (Phoca vitulina), harbour seal, common seal

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-6
Four Corner
8315.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a6.1
Heisig
394
Nelson
4851