Word Meaning 1銭

いっせん issen

1銭 is read as いっせん (issen) and means one sen.

Meaning

English

one sen
one-hundredth of a yen
small amount of money

Reading

Kana

いっせん

Romaji

issen

Writing Variants

一銭いっせん issen

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 119508 Priority S

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)

銭

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