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Kanji Detail for 銭 - "money, coin"

銭

  • Meaning

    銭 means "money, coin." Also associated with wealth.

    1. Money - Currency; coins.

    2. Coin - A piece of metal money.

    3. Wealth - Financial resources; riches.

  • Words using 銭

    • 金銭 きんせん Listen money; cash

  • Four-character idioms with 銭

    • 一文半銭 いちもんきなか Listen meagre sum of money
    • 一紙半銭 いっしはんせん Listen small sum; things of little value
    • 連銭葦毛 れんぜんあしげ Listen dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey

  • Tattoo check: 銭

    • Verified meaning: money, coin
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぜにばこ, せん, ぜん, ちえん)
    • Also carries these associations: wealth

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 銭

    Surnames 銭(ぜにばこ)Listen 銭(せん)Listen 銭(ぜん)Listen 銭(ちえん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    coin; .01 yen; money

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    money, currency, coins

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 錢|钱

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

    zen(ゼン) ゼン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    suki(すき) すき

    zeni(ぜに) ぜに

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    money coin wealth hoe thousand unit of weight small change cash currency bank budget economy exchange finance payment savings penny piece profit

Sentences including 銭

  • Do you have any small change?

  • I have hardly any money left.

  • Keep the change , please.

  • I'm sorry , i don't have smaller change.

  • You should have been more careful in money matters.

  • Exact change , please.

  • Can you change this into small money?

  • The trouble is that i have no money with me.

  • I'm sorry , but i don't have any small change.

  • His old car don't get a cent.

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