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錢
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钱
🇨🇳
銭
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coin

HSK 10 N1
Society →Economy
qián
セン、ゼン
ぜに、すき
전
Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (錢)
金 gold+ 戔 narrow =
錢 coin
金 Meaning component
jīn gold
戔 Phonetic component
narrow
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Simplified (钱)
金 gold+ 戋 tiny =
钱 money
金 Meaning component
jīn gold
戋 Phonetic component
jiān tiny
small, narrow, tiny, little
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Japanese (銭)
金 gold+ 㦮 abbreviated =
銭 coin
金
金
gold
㦮
㦮
abbreviated
Notes
Similar Characters
劉 Liu (trad)蓥 polish (alt) (simp)釘 nail (trad)釜 pot針 needle (trad/jp)鉛 lead (trad/jp)鉞 broad-axe (trad)鉦 ancient (trad)鉴 looking (simp)銎 eyehole to hang an axe by銜 title (trad)銮 bells hung on horse (simp)銷 put up for sale (trad)鋈 silver plating錄 record (trad)錯 mistaken (trad/jp)錶 watch (trad)錾 engraving tool (simp)鍛 forge (trad/jp)鍪 an iron pan
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钱 / 錢 [Qián]
surname Qian
钱 / 錢 [qián]
coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bǐ]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]
Japanese
銭 ぜに 、 ゼニ 同音

noun

  1. colloquial round coin with a (square) hole in the center
  2. coin made of non-precious materials
  3. money
銭 ぜぜ 同音
noun children money
銭 、 錢 (old) せん 同音

noun

  1. sen (hundredth of a yen)
  2. coin made of non-precious materials
  3. obsolete one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
  4. archaic one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
彼のビジネスプランは立派だけど、勘定あって銭足らず、という気もするけどね。
His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.
Japanese Names
銭 せん
Sen surname
銭 ぜに
Zeni place name
銭 ぜにばこ
Zenibako unclassified name
銭 ぜん
Zen surname
銭 ちえん
Chien surname
錢 せん
Sen surname
錢 ぜに
Zeni surname
錢 ちえん
Chien surname
錢 ちん
Chin surname
CHINESE WORDS (145)
赚钱 [zhuàn​qián] #3,143
to earn money
金钱 [jīn​qián] #3,396
money
钱包 [qián​bāo] #2,425
purse
有钱 [yǒu​qián] #12,086
well-off
花钱 [huā​qián] #4,763
to spend money
价钱 [jià​qian] #3,440
price
挣钱 [zhèng​qián] #5,926
to make money
值钱 [zhí​qián] #4,960
valuable
钱财 [qián​cái] #11,465
wealth
零钱 [líng​qián] #6,300
change (of money)
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JAPANESE WORDS (116)
⭐ 金銭 [きんせん] #7,874
money
⭐ 小銭 [こぜに] #13,329
small change
銭 [ぜに] #16,565
round coin with a (square) hole in the center
⭐ 銭湯 [せんとう] #18,567
public bath
金銭的 [きんせんてき] #21,216
monetary
餞別 [せんべつ] #23,862
farewell gift
一銭 [いっせん] #29,177
one sen
賽銭 [さいせん] #36,729
monetary offering
金銭感覚 [きんせんかんかく] #37,462
sense for (how to use) money
守銭奴 [しゅせんど] #38,443
miser
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KOREAN WORDS (4)
금전 #44,648
gold coin
금전만능
materialism; the almighty dollar
본전
principal
환전
foreign exchange; money exchange