Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

銭: coin, .01 yen

Also: money

JLPT N114 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

金 carries the meaning · 戋 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

センsen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 銭湯せんとうbath-house, public bath
  • 金銭きんせんmoney, cash
  • 賽銭さいせんmonetary offering
  • 釣り銭つりせんchange [n.]
  • 守銭奴しゅせんどmiser
  • 無銭飲食むせんいんしょくleaving without paying for food

ぜにzeni · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 銭ぜにmoney
  • 小銭こぜにcoins, small change
  • 身銭みぜにone's own money

Also read ゼン, すき, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
More in the 金 metal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
金

Also built on metal (金)

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戋

Also built on 戋

銭 takes the 戋 family's reading, セン (sen).

Also read セン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Also read ゼン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
銭 coin · 戋
vs鋳 casting · 寿
銭 has 戋 where 鋳 has 寿.
In ChineseSimplified 钱 · traditional 錢 · qián

Three different forms: Japanese 銭, simplified 钱, traditional 錢.

Simplified
钱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
錢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qián most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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