銭 — kanji meaning “coin”
銭
coin, .01 yen, money
- Meanings
- coin, .01 yen, money
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)、ゼン (zen)
- Kun'yomi
- ぜに、すき
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1008 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- qián
Words with 銭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金銭 | きんせん kinsen | money; cash |
| 銭湯 | せんとう sentou | public bath; bathhouse |
| 小銭 | こぜに kozeni | small change; pocket change; coins |
| 釣り銭 | つりせん tsurisen | change (for a purchase) |
| 身銭 | みぜに mizeni | one's own money |
| 日銭 | ひぜに hizeni | daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments |
| 賽銭 | さいせん saisen | monetary offering; offertory |
| 投げ銭 | なげせん nagesen | tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin |
| 守銭奴 | しゅせんど shusendo | miser; cheapskate; scrooge |
| 無銭 | むせん musen | without money; no need for money |
| 一銭 | いっせん issen | one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money |
| 古銭 | こせん kosen | old coin |
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