銭

Translingual

Traditional	錢
Shinjitai	銭
Simplified	钱

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Variant of 錢, simplified from 錢 (戔 → 㦮); compare 残.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

銭 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金戈手 (CIQ), composition ⿰釒㦮)

Related characters

残, 浅, 践, 桟, 賎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1305, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40413
Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4193, character 3
Unihan data for U+92AD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 銭 – see 錢 (“money; cash; currency; coins; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 錢).

Japanese

Shinjitai	銭
Kyūjitai	錢

Kanji

銭

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 錢)

money, coin
sen (a hundredth of yen)

Readings

Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)、ぜん (zen)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kun: ぜに (zeni, 銭, Jōyō)、すき (suki, 銭)

Compounds

銭(せん)湯(とう) (sentō): bath house
馬銭(マチン) (machin)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
銭
ぜに Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
錢 (kyūjitai)

/sen/ → */zen/ → /zeni/

From Old Japanese, shifted from 銭 (sen),^[1]^[2] itself from Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜに [zéꜜnì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

銭(ぜに) • (zeni)

a round coin with a square hole in the middle
Synonyms: 鵝眼 (gagan), 鵝目 (gamoku), 鳥目 (chōmoku)
(by extension) money
Synonyms: お足 (oashi), 金 (kane), 金銭 (kinsen), 要脚 (yōkyaku), 料足 (ryōsoku)
(historical) in the Edo period, coins made from copper and iron, as opposed to those made of gold and silver
a 家紋 (“family crest”) with various designs of round coins

Derived terms

ぜね (zene)
銭(ぜに)入(い)れ (zenīre)
銭(ぜに)占(うら), 銭(ぜに)卜(うら) (zeniura)
銭(ぜに)売(う)り (zeniuri)
銭(ぜに)買(か)い (zenikai)
銭(ぜに)嵩(がさ) (zenigasa)
銭(ぜに)形(がた) (zenigata)
銭(ぜに)金(かね) (zenikane)
銭(ぜに)叺(かま)す (zenikamasu)
銭(ゼニ)亀(ガメ) (zenigame)
銭(ぜに)切(き)り (zenikiri), 銭(ぜに)っ切(き)り (zenikkiri)
銭(ぜに)首(くび) (zenikubi)
銭(ぜに)車(ぐるま) (zeniguruma)
銭(ぜに)こ (zeniko), 銭(ぜん)こ (zenko)
銭苔(ゼニゴケ) (zenigoke)
銭(ぜに)茣蓙(ござ) (zenigoza)
銭(ぜに)独楽(ごま) (zenigoma)
銭(ぜに)差(さし), 銭(ぜに)緡(さし), 繦(ぜにさし) (zenisashi)
銭(ぜに)尽(づ)く (zenizuku)
銭(ぜに)貫(つら) (zenitsura)
銭(ぜに)縄(なわ) (zeninawa)
銭(ぜに)股(また) (zenimata)
銭(ぜに)店(みせ), 銭(ぜに)見世(みせ) (zenimise)
銭(ぜに)持(も)ち (zenimochi)
銭(ぜに)貰(もら)い (zenimorai)
銭(ぜに)屋(や) (zeniya)
銭(ぜに)両(りょう)替(がえ) (zeni ryōgae)
編(あ)み笠(がさ)銭(ぜに) (amigasa zeni)
荒(あら)銭(ぜに) (arazeni)
置(お)き銭(ぜに) (okizeni)
替(かえ)銭(ぜに), 替(か)え銭(ぜに) (kaezeni)
欠(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
掛(かけ)銭(ぜに), 掛(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
切(きり)銭(ぜに) (kirizeni)
九(く)六(ろく)銭(ぜに) (kuroku-zeni)
小銭(こぜに) (kozeni)
駒(こま)牽(ひ)き銭(ぜに) (komahiki zeni)
先(さき)銭(ぜに), 前(さき)銭(ぜに) (sakizeni)
下(さ)げ銭(ぜに), 提(さ)げ銭(ぜに) (sagezeni)
四文(しもん)銭(ぜに) (shimon zeni)
土(つち)銭(ぜに) (tsuchizeni)
包(つつ)み銭(ぜに) (tsutsumizeni)
繋(つな)ぎ銭(ぜに) (tsunagizeni)
撮(つま)み銭(ぜに) (tsumamizeni)
泥(どろ)銭(ぜに) (dorozeni)
貫(ぬ)き銭(ぜに) (nukizeni)
百(ひゃく)銭(ぜに) (hyakuzeni)
乱(みだ)し銭(ぜに) (midashizeni)
割(わ)れ銭(ぜに), 破(わ)れ銭(ぜに) (warezeni)

Proper noun

銭(ぜに) • (Zeni)

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
銭
せん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
錢 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen|tsjenX).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

銭(せん) • (sen)

hundredth of a yen
(obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan

References

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji

銭

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: じん (jin, 銭)

Compounds

Etymology

Cognate to Kumamoto Japanese ぜん (zen, “money, coins”) and standard Japanese 銭 (zeni, “coin (worth a hundredth of a yen)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʑiŋ̍/

Noun

銭(じん) (jin)

money
coins

Derived terms

Compounds

References

[1] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK2-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

[ZAJ-4] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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