Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 6 freq #1008

coin, .01 yen, money

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

gold kane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

money; cash
sen (hundredth of a yen)
public bath; bathhouse
monetary; financial
handling fee; commission
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
monetary liabilities; pecuniary obligation
remaining money; change
silver coin
monetary claim

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

small change; pocket change
change (for a purchase)
one's own money
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments
(way of) spending money
spending a day's revenue within the day; being liberal with one's money
coins; small change
waste of money
Acheilognathus typus (species of bitterling-like cyprinid)
coin purse

Example sentences

He thinks of everything in terms of money.

Don't see life in terms of money.

I'm sorry, I don't have smaller change.

Why do you need change?