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とうせん
Meanings
Noun
1. knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
Alt. forms
刀とう銭せん
刀とう泉せん
とうせん
Pitch accent
と
うせん
Composed of
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)