# 銭

| 銭 | U+92AD, &#37549; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92AD |
| ← 銬 [U+92AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 銮 → [U+92AE] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 錢 |
| Shinjitai | 銭 |
| Simplified | 钱 |

### Glyph origin

Variant of 錢, simplified from 錢 (戔 → 㦮); compare 残.
The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

### Han character

銭 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金戈手 (CIQ), composition ⿰釒㦮)

#### Related characters

* 残, 浅, 践, 桟, 賎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1305, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40413
* Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4193, character 3
* Unihan data for U+92AD

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 銭 – see 錢 (“money; cash; currency; coins; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 錢).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 銭 |
| Kyūjitai | 錢 |

### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 錢)
* money, coin
* sen (a hundredth of yen)

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)、ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぜに (zeni, 銭, Jōyō)、すき (suki, 銭)

#### Compounds

* 銭(せん)湯(とう) (sentō): bath house
* 馬銭(マチン) (machin)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 銭
* ぜに Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 錢 (kyūjitai)
/sen/ → */zen/ → /zeni/
From Old Japanese, shifted from 銭 (sen), itself from Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぜに [zéꜜnì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ze̞ɲ̟i]

#### Noun

銭(ぜに) • (zeni)
* a round coin with a square hole in the middle
    Synonyms: 鵝眼 (gagan), 鵝目 (gamoku), 鳥目 (chōmoku)
* (by extension) money
    Synonyms: お足 (oashi), 金 (kane), 金銭 (kinsen), 要脚 (yōkyaku), 料足 (ryōsoku)
* (historical) in the Edo period, coins made from copper and iron, as opposed to those made of gold and silver
* a 家紋 (“family crest”) with various designs of round coins

##### Derived terms

* ぜね (zene)
* 銭(ぜに)入(い)れ (zenīre)
* 銭(ぜに)占(うら), 銭(ぜに)卜(うら) (zeniura)
* 銭(ぜに)売(う)り (zeniuri)
* 銭(ぜに)買(か)い (zenikai)
* 銭(ぜに)嵩(がさ) (zenigasa)
* 銭(ぜに)形(がた) (zenigata)
* 銭(ぜに)金(かね) (zenikane)
* 銭(ぜに)叺(かま)す (zenikamasu)
* 銭(ゼニ)亀(ガメ) (zenigame)
* 銭(ぜに)切(き)り (zenikiri), 銭(ぜに)っ切(き)り (zenikkiri)
* 銭(ぜに)首(くび) (zenikubi)
* 銭(ぜに)車(ぐるま) (zeniguruma)
* 銭(ぜに)こ (zeniko), 銭(ぜん)こ (zenko)
* 銭苔(ゼニゴケ) (zenigoke)
* 銭(ぜに)茣蓙(ござ) (zenigoza)
* 銭(ぜに)独楽(ごま) (zenigoma)
* 銭(ぜに)差(さし), 銭(ぜに)緡(さし), 繦(ぜにさし) (zenisashi)
* 銭(ぜに)尽(づ)く (zenizuku)
* 銭(ぜに)貫(つら) (zenitsura)
* 銭(ぜに)縄(なわ) (zeninawa)
* 銭(ぜに)股(また) (zenimata)
* 銭(ぜに)店(みせ), 銭(ぜに)見世(みせ) (zenimise)
* 銭(ぜに)持(も)ち (zenimochi)
* 銭(ぜに)貰(もら)い (zenimorai)
* 銭(ぜに)屋(や) (zeniya)
* 銭(ぜに)両(りょう)替(がえ) (zeni ryōgae)
* 編(あ)み笠(がさ)銭(ぜに) (amigasa zeni)
* 荒(あら)銭(ぜに) (arazeni)
* 置(お)き銭(ぜに) (okizeni)
* 替(かえ)銭(ぜに), 替(か)え銭(ぜに) (kaezeni)
* 欠(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
* 掛(かけ)銭(ぜに), 掛(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
* 切(きり)銭(ぜに) (kirizeni)
* 九(く)六(ろく)銭(ぜに) (kuroku-zeni)
* 小銭(こぜに) (kozeni)
* 駒(こま)牽(ひ)き銭(ぜに) (komahiki zeni)
* 先(さき)銭(ぜに), 前(さき)銭(ぜに) (sakizeni)
* 下(さ)げ銭(ぜに), 提(さ)げ銭(ぜに) (sagezeni)
* 四文(しもん)銭(ぜに) (shimon zeni)
* 土(つち)銭(ぜに) (tsuchizeni)
* 包(つつ)み銭(ぜに) (tsutsumizeni)
* 繋(つな)ぎ銭(ぜに) (tsunagizeni)
* 撮(つま)み銭(ぜに) (tsumamizeni)
* 泥(どろ)銭(ぜに) (dorozeni)
* 貫(ぬ)き銭(ぜに) (nukizeni)
* 百(ひゃく)銭(ぜに) (hyakuzeni)
* 乱(みだ)し銭(ぜに) (midashizeni)
* 割(わ)れ銭(ぜに), 破(わ)れ銭(ぜに) (warezeni)

#### Proper noun

銭(ぜに) • (Zeni)
* 銭: a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 銭
* せん Grade: 6
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 錢 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen|tsjenX).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [sẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

銭(せん) • (sen)
* hundredth of a yen
* (obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: じん (jin, 銭)

#### Compounds
### Etymology

Cognate to Kumamoto ぜん (zen) "money, coins"; and standard Japanese 銭 (zeni, “coin (worth a hundredth of a yen)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʑiŋ̍/

### Noun

銭(じん) (jin)
* money
* coins