Kanji
銭
N1
14 strokes
Grade 6
freq #1008
coin, .01 yen, money
On'yomi (音読み)
セン、 ゼン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ぜに、 すき
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
金銭
きんせん
money; cash
銭
せん
sen (hundredth of a yen)
銭湯
せんとう
public bath; bathhouse
金銭的
きんせんてき
monetary; financial
間銭
あいせん
handling fee; commission
永楽銭
えいらくせん
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
金銭債務
きんせんさいむ
monetary liabilities; pecuniary obligation
剰銭
じょうせん
remaining money; change
銀銭
ぎんせん
silver coin
金銭債権
きんせんさいけん
monetary claim
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
小銭
こぜに
small change; pocket change
釣り銭
つりせん
change (for a purchase)
身銭
みぜに
one's own money
日銭
ひぜに
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments
銭使い
ぜにづかい
(way of) spending money
宵越しの銭は持たない
よいごしのぜにはもたない
spending a day's revenue within the day; being liberal with one's money
バラ銭
バラせん
coins; small change
銭失い
ぜにうしない
waste of money
銭鱮
ぜにたなご
Acheilognathus typus (species of bitterling-like cyprinid)
銭袋
ぜにぶくろ
coin purse
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は何(なん)でも金銭(きんせん)の立場(たちば)から考(かんが)える。
He thinks of everything in terms of money.
人生(じんせい)を金銭(きんせん)の立場(たちば)から見(み)てはいけない。
Don't see life in terms of money.
小銭(こぜに)をもっていないのですが。
I'm sorry, I don't have smaller change.
どんな事(こと)で小銭(こぜに)が必要(ひつよう)ですか。
Why do you need change?