See also:
U+92AD, 銭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92AD

[U+92AC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+92AE]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order
 

Glyph origin

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Variant of , simplified from (); compare .

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

Han character

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

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References

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  • 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

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. money, coin
  2. sen (a hundredth of yen)

Readings

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

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC dzjen|tsjenX).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せん) (sen

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

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ぜに
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
ぜに
[noun] a round coin with a square hole in the middle
[noun] (by extension) money
[noun] (historical) in the Edo period, coins made from copper and iron, as opposed to those made of gold and silver
[noun] a 家紋 (family crest) with various designs of round coins
[proper noun] : a surname
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じん) (jin

  1. money
  2. coins

Derived terms

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References

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