銭 — Stroke Order, Readings & Meaning (JLPT N1)

Readings

On readingセン、ゼン

Kun readingぜに、すき

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 5

Meanings

coinRtK
彼は古銭を集めるのが好きだ。He likes collecting old coins.tatoeba
.01 yen
money
彼は人生を全て、金銭の見地から見る。He sees all life in terms of money.tatoeba
安物買いの銭失い。Buy cheap and waste your money.tatoeba

sen (hundredth of a yen)
coin made of non-precious materials
one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

Synonyms

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · float · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 394

Compound words

金銭きんせん

money; cash

小銭こぜに

small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money

銭湯せんとう

public bath; bathhouse

釣り銭つりせん

change (for a purchase)

coin of the smallest value

永楽銭えいらくせん

Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

way of spending money

草鞋銭わらじせん

small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses)

賽銭箱さいせんばこ

offertory box

鵝眼銭ががんせん

round coin with a (square) hole in the center

thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple

金銭的ダメージきんせんてきダメージ

monetary damages

自動金銭出入機じどうきんせんしゅつにゅうき

automatic teller machine

Kun Reading Examples

彼のビジネスプランは立派だけど、勘定あって銭足らず、という気もするけどね。ぜに

His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.tatoeba

銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。ぜに

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は就寝前にポケットから小銭を取り出して、テーブルの上にどさっと置く。

Before retiring he usually dumps the chicken feed from all his pockets onto the table.tatoeba

彼は決して身銭を切るような人ではない。

He is the last person to pay out of his own pocket.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 銭

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step