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    3. 銭

    銭

    銭ぜに

    coin

    N1KMT8Freq #1008Business & FinanceKanji14 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ぜにすき

    On'yomi

    センゼン

    coin.01 yenmoney

    金戋

    金
    一
    弋
    戈
    丿
    丶

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    銃銑釣鋳銅鋒鉞錢銅鍼鐵鐡鈴鋒鋩錢鉞鉾釣銃銑錻鋳鈕鋪釵鉄銕銖鉚銀

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    金銭

    money

    銭

    sen (hundredth of a yen)

    銭湯

    public bath

    小銭

    small change

    釣り銭

    change (for a purchase)

    一銭

    one sen

    一文銭

    one-mon coin

    一文半銭

    meagre sum of money

    六文銭

    crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

    小銭入れ

    change purse

    金銭的

    monetary

    金銭的ダメージ

    monetary damages

    口銭

    commission

    つり銭口

    coin return slot

    銭入れ

    till

    米銭

    rice and money

    古銭学者

    numismatist

    一紙半銭

    small sum

    古銭学

    numismatics

    場銭

    admission fee (at the theatre, etc.)

    六道銭

    six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

    銭金

    money

    金銭ずく

    using money as a weapon

    金銭トラブル

    money problems

    上げ銭

    commission

    工銭

    labor charge

    投げ銭

    tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar)

    金銭運

    luck with money

    銭の取れる

    to be worth the money

    間銭

    handling fee

    富本銭

    fuhonsen

    金銭問題

    money matter

    銭失い

    waste of money

    皇朝十二銭

    twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

    無銭

    without money

    木戸銭

    gate money

    古銭

    old coin

    関銭

    toll

    身銭を切る

    to use one's own money

    直銭形

    rectangular figures

    追い銭

    money paid in addition

    小遣い銭

    pocket money

    銭貨学

    numismatics

    金銭債務

    monetary liabilities

    無銭旅行

    hitchhiking

    安物買いの銭失い

    you get what you pay for

    渡し銭

    ferriage

    金銭感覚

    sense for (how to use) money

    金銭信託

    cash or money trust

    金銭哲学

    one's philosophy of making, saving, and spending money

    盗人に追い銭

    throwing good money after bad

    金銭債権

    monetary claim

    自動金銭出入機

    automatic teller machine

    銀銭

    silver coin

    永楽銭

    Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

    悪銭身に付かず

    easy come, easy go

    悪銭

    ill-gotten money

    特定金銭信託

    corporate investment fund

    鉄銭

    iron coin

    宿銭

    hotel charges

    銭遣い

    (way of) spending money

    勘定合って銭足らず

    a profit on paper doesn't always mean a profit in the bank

    布銭

    bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

    金銭登録機

    cash register

    銭貨

    coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

    借銭

    debt

    銭勘定

    counting the revenues and expenditures

    バラ銭

    coins

    銭ころ

    cash

    スパ銭

    large bathhouse with many different services

    あぶく銭

    easy money

    テラ銭

    fee charged by a gambling house

    タバコ銭

    tobacco money

    無銭飲食

    dine and dash

    絵銭

    toy coin (Edo period)

    銭苔

    liverwort

    賃銭

    wages

    身銭

    one's own money

    銭形海豹

    harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

    無銭遊興

    merrymaking without paying

    銭袋

    coin purse

    一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く

    take care of the penny

    端銭

    small change

    穴銭

    perforated coin

    穴あき銭

    perforated coin

    仏の沙汰も銭

    money talks

    守銭奴

    miser

    スーパー銭湯

    large bathhouse with many different services

    湯銭

    bathhouse charge

    銭太鼓

    zenidaiko

    私鋳銭

    private coinage

    剰銭

    remaining money

    銭箱

    cash box

    銭亀

    baby spotted turtle

    銅銭

    copper coin

    刀銭

    knife money

    泥棒に追い銭

    throwing good money after bad

    宵越しの銭は持たない

    spending a day's revenue within the day

    日銭

    daily income in cash

    連銭葦毛

    dapple gray (horse coat color)

    懐銭

    pocket money

    宋銭

    Song dynasty copper coin

    枕銭

    pillow money

    銭葵

    common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)

    草鞋銭

    small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses)

    賽銭箱

    offertory box

    賽銭

    monetary offering

    鵝眼銭

    round coin with a (square) hole in the center

    賽銭泥棒

    thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple

    鐚銭

    coin of the smallest value

    銭鱮

    Acheilognathus typus (species of bitterling-like cyprinid)

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    • 丿
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    • 悪銭
    • 一紙半銭
    • 金銭
    • 金銭的ダメージ
    • 古銭
    • 古銭学
    • 口銭
    • 自動金銭出入機
    • 借銭
    • 守銭奴
    • 小遣い銭
    • 小銭
    • 銭
    • 銭湯
    • 銭箱
    • 直銭形
    • 無銭
    • 無銭飲食
    • 無銭遊興
    • 無銭旅行
    • 賽銭
    • 銅銭
    • 釣り銭
    • 日銭
    • 木戸銭
    • 身銭
    • 金銭信託
    • 金銭登録機
    • 古銭学者
    • 端銭
    • 米銭
    • 宿銭
    • 追い銭
    • 渡し銭
    • あぶく銭
    • 銭苔
    • 銭金
    • 銭亀
    • 湯銭
    • 賃銭
    • 賽銭箱
    • テラ銭
    • 銭葵
    • タバコ銭
    • 穴あき銭
    • 小銭入れ
    • 銭入れ
    • 銭の取れる
    • 懐銭
    • 一銭
    • 金銭感覚
    • 金銭哲学
    • 金銭問題
    • 悪銭身に付かず
    • 安物買いの銭失い
    • 銭形海豹
    • 銭貨学
    • 銭貨
    • 私鋳銭
    • 布銭
    • 刀銭
    • 六道銭
    • 特定金銭信託
    • 金銭ずく
    • 身銭を切る
    • 連銭葦毛
    • 金銭債権
    • 一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く
    • 金銭トラブル
    • つり銭口
    • 枕銭
    • 銭勘定
    • 銭遣い
    • 皇朝十二銭
    • 富本銭
    • 銀銭
    • 剰銭
    • 銭袋
    • 銭鱮
    • 金銭債務
    • 永楽銭
    • 間銭
    • バラ銭
    • 銭失い
    • 宵越しの銭は持たない
    • 金銭的
    • スーパー銭湯
    • 投げ銭
    • 絵銭
    • 銭ころ
    • 一文半銭
    • 草鞋銭
    • スパ銭
    • 鐚銭
    • 一文銭
    • 泥棒に追い銭
    • 盗人に追い銭
    • 仏の沙汰も銭
    • 穴銭
    • 鵝眼銭
    • 銭太鼓
    • 六文銭
    • 上げ銭
    • 賽銭泥棒
    • 金銭運
    • 場銭
    • 宋銭
    • 勘定合って銭足らず
    • 工銭
    • 関銭
    • 鉄銭

    Similar concepts

    • 銃
    • 銑
    • 釣
    • 鋳
    • 銅
    • 鋒
    • 鉞
    • 錢
    • 鍼
    • 鐵
    • 鐡
    • 鈴
    • 鋩
    • 鉾
    • 錻
    • 鈕
    • 鋪
    • 釵
    • 鉄
    • 銕
    • 銖
    • 鉚
    • 銀

    Variants

    • 釒

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