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)

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

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

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