The kanji 銭: meaning, readings and stroke order
銭
- Meaning
- money, coin
- On reading
- セン sen
- Kun reading
- ぜに zeni
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 金 metal, gold
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 錢
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tiền, đồng xu (tiền)
- Japanese
- おかね。こぜに。
- Korean
- 돈, 동전 (전)
- Chinese
- 钱、硬币 (钱)
Readings, words and example sentences
セン sen · on reading · less common
金銭
money
金銭の 記録を つけます。
I keep a record of my money.
ぜに zeni · kun reading · less common
銭
coins, money (old word)
むかしの 銭を 見せて もらいました。
Someone showed me some old coins.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.