Surname · Japanese
銭
“The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”
銭 (Zeni) is a surname from Old Japanese, ultimately from Middle Chinese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Zeni.
Meaning & origin
What it means
銭 goes back to a word meaning “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
銭 comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Middle Chinese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
銭’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 銭 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as ZENI. In Japanese usage, 銭 as a surname has a related form in ぜに. In Japanese usage, 銭 as a surname has a related form in 錢.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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