ぜに

Japanese

Hiragana modern ぜに
historical ぜに
Kanji

Etymology

/sen/ → */zen//zeni/

Shift from (sen),[1][2] itself from Middle Chinese (MC d͡ziᴇn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ぜに (rōmaji 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

Proper noun

ぜに (rōmaji Zeni)

  1. : a surname

References

  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  4. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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