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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order

Variant of , simplified from (); compare .

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

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

  • 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

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

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. money, coin
  2. sen (a hundredth of yen)
Kanji in this term
ぜに
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/sen/ → */zen//zeni/

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

銭(ぜに) (zeni

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

銭(ぜに) (Zeni

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

From Middle Chinese (MC dzjen|tsjenX).

銭(せん) (sen

  1. hundredth of a yen
  2. (obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  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

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

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

銭(じん) (jin

  1. money
  2. coins

(Compounds):