銭 – coin, .01 yen, money

14 strokesTaught in grade 6#1008 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 銭 means coin, .01 yen, money. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン、ゼン (sen, zen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぜに、すき (zeni, suki). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
On’yomi	ゼン	zen
Kun’yomi	ぜに	zeni
Kun’yomi	すき	suki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・戈・二.

Words using 銭

金銭きんせんmoney小銭こぜにsmall change

Example sentences

金銭のことで彼と争いになった。

I had a quarrel with him over money.

Tatoeba #179651

私は小銭の持ち合わせがない。

I have no small change on me.

Tatoeba #155891

彼は就寝前にポケットから小銭を取り出して、テーブルの上にどさっと置く。

Before retiring he usually dumps the chicken feed from all his pockets onto the table.

Tatoeba #104391

Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

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