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Translingual
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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)
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
Kanji
銭
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 錢)
- money, coin
- sen (a hundredth of yen)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
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From Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen|tsjenX).
Pronunciation
Noun
銭 • (sen)
- hundredth of a yen
- (obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan
Etymology 2
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| 錢 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 銭 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 銭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Okinawan
Kanji
銭
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Cognate to Kumamoto ぜん (zen) "money, coins"; and standard Japanese 銭 (zeni, “coin (worth a hundredth of a yen)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
銭 (jin)
- money
- coins
Derived terms
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