Kanji1 / 14
銭 kanji
coin, .01 yen, money
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
センゼン
Kun readings
ぜにすき
Variant forms
錢Words with 銭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣くtake care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen
- —銭別farewell gift
- —釣銭change (for a purchase)
- —寺銭fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
- —１銭one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
- —散銭coins; small change
- —投銭tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (online) tipping; tip; donation
- —小遣銭pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
- —さい銭monetary offering; offertory
- —つり銭change (for a purchase)
- —煙草銭tobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
- —金銭尽using money as a weapon; power of money
- —釣銭口coin return slot; change slot
- —ばら銭coins; small change
- —びた銭coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
- —揚げ銭commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
- —金銭蟹common moon crab (Matuta victor)
- —さい銭箱offertory box
- —穴開き銭perforated coin
- —穴明き銭perforated coin