Kanji N1

銭: coin, .01 yen, money

銭 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning coin, .01 yen, money, written with 14 strokes. It is read セン, ゼン (on) and ぜに, すき (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 金銭 (きんせん, money) and 小銭 (こぜに, small change).

銭

Meanings

  • coin
  • .01 yen
  • money
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1008 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セン
  • ゼン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ぜに
  • すき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 銭

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 金銭きんせん

    money; cash

    JLPT N3
  • 小銭こぜに

    small change; pocket change; coins

    JLPT N1
  • 銭せん

    sen (hundredth of a yen)

  • 銭湯せんとう

    public bath; bathhouse

  • 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

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.