銭 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」
- On
- センせん · sen
- Kun
- ぜにzeni
- Meaning
- coin; money; sen (currency unit)
Stroke order
Origin
金 "metal" plus 戔 "small"; small pieces of metal money — hence "coin."
Readings and examples
| Onセンせんsen | 銭湯せんとう金銭きんせん |
|---|---|
| Kunぜにzeni | 銭せん銭入れぜにいれ小銭こぜに |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 金銭きんせん
money; cash
- 小銭こぜに
small change
- 守銭奴しゅせんど
- 銭緡ぜにさし
- 賽銭さいせん
- 鐚銭びたせん
Example
小銭を財布に入れた。
I put the small change in my purse.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)