Word Meaning 鵝眼銭

ががんせん gagansen

鵝眼銭 is read as ががんせん (gagansen) and means round coin with a (square) hole in the center.

Meaning

English

  1. round coin with a (square) hole in the center

Reading

Kana

ががんせん

Romaji

gagansen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

金銭

きんせん

money

小銭

こぜに

small sum of money

釣り銭

つりせん

change (for a purchase)

せん

coin made of non-precious materials

日銭

ひぜに

daily income in cash

身銭

みぜに

one's own money

一文半銭

いちもんきなか

meagre sum of money

一文銭

いちもんせん

one-mon coin

皇朝十二銭

こうちょうじゅうにせん

twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

六文銭

ろくもんせん

crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

六道銭

ろくどうせん

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

一紙半銭

いっしはんせん

small sum