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銭

Coin
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingぜに
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 32

Meanings

  1. coinRtK
    彼は古銭を集めるのが好きだ。He likes collecting old coins.tatoeba
  2. .01 yen
  3. 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
  1. sen (hundredth of a yen)
  2. coin made of non-precious materials
  3. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
  4. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

Synonyms

金銭

Homonyms

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Same reading (せん)
千 · thousand線 · line栓 · stopper選 · selection

Popular Usage

金銭

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)
悪銭あくせん
ill-gotten money
古銭こせん
old coin
口銭こうせん
commission
借銭しゃくせん
debt
賃銭ちんせん
wages, fee
湯銭ゆせん
bathhouse charge
賽銭さいせん
monetary offering
鐚銭びたせん
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)
古銭学こせんがく
numismatics
守銭奴しゅせんど
miser
銭遣いぜにづかい
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
一紙半銭いっしはんせん
small sum
無銭旅行むせんりょこう
hitchhiking
賽銭泥棒さいせんどろぼう
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

Coin; sen. 金 (metal) + 戋 (small) — a little metal coin. 小銭 — small change.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 銭

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