Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1008 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: coin, .01 yen, money

Kunyomi: ぜに すき

Onyomi: セン ゼン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

湯(せんとう)   bath-house, public bath

(きんせん)   money, cash

(さいせん)   monetary offering

釣り(つりせん)   change [n.]

奴(しゅせんど)   miser

飲食(むせんいんしょく)   leaving without paying for food

(ぜに)   money

(こぜに)   coins, small change

(みぜに)   one's own money

Onyomi Examples

セン sen (hundredth of a yen), coin made of non-precious materials, one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency), one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

セントウ public bath, bathhouse

アイセン handling fee, commission

追い オイセン money paid in addition

Kunyomi Examples

ぜに round coin with a (square) hole in the center, coin made of non-precious materials, money

ぜにあおい common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)

みぜに one's own money

ひぜに daily income in cash, money paid by daily installments, money paid by daily instalments