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
- N3金銭Popularmoney; cash
- —銭Popularsen (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)
- —銭湯Popularpublic bath; bathhouse
- —釣り銭Popularchange (for a purchase)
- —悪銭ill-gotten money; bad coin
- —古銭old coin
- —口銭commission; brokerage
- —借銭debt
- —無銭without money; no need for money
- —賽銭monetary offering; offertory
- —銅銭copper coin
- —端銭small change
- —米銭rice and money; money to purchase rice
- —宿銭accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
- —湯銭bathhouse charge
- —賃銭wages; pay
- —一銭one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
- —銭貨coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)
- —布銭bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- —刀銭knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor