小銭

小銭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	銭
こ Grade: 1	ぜに Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

小 (こ, ko, “small”)+ 銭 (ぜに, zeni, “money, coin”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こぜに [kòzéní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ze̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

小銭 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 小錢, hiragana こぜに, rōmaji kozeni)

1. small money, small change, coins

Compounds

• 小 (こ)銭 (ぜ)入 (にい)れ (kozeniire): change purse

See also

• お釣 (つ)り (otsuri)
• 釣 (つ)り銭 (せん) (tsurisen)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN