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U+92AD, 銭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92AD

[U+92AC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+92AE]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order

Glyph origin

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Variant of , simplified from (); compare .

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

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

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References

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  • 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

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. money, coin
  2. sen (a hundredth of yen)

Readings

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

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ぜに
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/sen//seni//zeni/

From Old Japanese, shifted from (sen),[1][2][3] itself from Middle Chinese (MC dzjen).

First cited in the Nihon Shoki with the ideographic spelling .[1] Later cited in the 竹取物語 (Taketori Monogatari, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) from the late 800s, early 900s, with the unvoiced pronunciation seni.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜに) (zeni

  1. a round coin with a square hole in the middle
    Synonyms: 鵝眼 (gagan), 鵝目 (gamoku), 鳥目 (chōmoku)
  2. (by extension) money
    Synonyms: お足 (oashi), (kane), 金銭 (kinsen), 要脚 (yōkyaku), 料足 (ryōsoku)
  3. (historical) in the Edo period, coins made from copper and iron, as opposed to those made of gold and silver
  4. a 家紋 (family crest) with various designs of round coins
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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(ぜに) (Zeni

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC dzjen|tsjenX).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せん) (sen

  1. one-hundredth of a yen
  2. (obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  5. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    (じん) (jin

    1. money
    2. coins

    Derived terms

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    Compounds

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