Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
coin, .01 yen, money
Kun:
ぜにすき
On:
センゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1008 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 銭 【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)
  • 銭湯 【セントウ】 public bath, bathhouse
  • 間銭 【アイセン】 handling fee, commission
  • 追い銭 【オイセン】 money paid in addition

Kun reading compounds

  • 銭 【ぜに】 round coin with a (square) hole in the center, coin made of non-precious materials, money
  • 銭葵 【ぜにあおい】 common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)
  • 身銭 【みぜに】 one's own money
  • 日銭 【ひぜに】 daily income in cash, money paid by daily installments, money paid by daily instalments

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • moneda
  • dinero
  • céntimo de yen

Portuguese

  • moeda
  • .01 iene
  • dinheiro

French

  • piécette
  • monnaie
  • 1 centime de yen
656 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
757 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
734 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1097 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4851 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
843 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1849 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2160 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
648 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
659 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1598 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1819 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2159 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
374 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40413 Morohashi
1725 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6264 New Nelson (John Haig)
368 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
394 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
794 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2859 2001 Kanji
8a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8315.0 Four corner code
1-33-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92ad Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
vast, broad, wide
Kun:
ひろ.い
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1059 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 広報 【コウホウ】 public relations, PR, publicity, public information, publicizing
  • 広大 【コウダイ】 vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent
  • 恢弘 【カイコウ】 propagation, spreading out, extending
  • 寛弘 【カンコウ】 Kankō era (1004.7.20-1012.12.25)
  • 弘通 【グズウ】 spread (of Buddhist teachings)
  • 弘誓 【グゼイ】 Buddha's great vows

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 ひろし、 ひろむ、 みつ、 お、 こお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • difundir
  • diseminar

Portuguese

French

  • vaste
  • spacieux
  • grand
1075 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1563 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1937 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2064 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1242 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9709 Morohashi
192 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1682 New Nelson (John Haig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1320 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-25-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f18 Unicode hex code

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu4
Korean:
sug, cheog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1026 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
732 Morohashi
236 New Nelson (John Haig)
2a8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2724.0 Four corner code
1-48-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ff6 Unicode hex code