Goose eye coins

Japanese: 鵝眼銭 - ががんせん
Goose eye coins
(Noun) (From the fact that the shape of the coin, which has a square hole in a circle, resembles the round eyes and square pupils of a goose) Another name for "zeni " (money) . Bird's eye. Goose eye. [Tongjian - Chronicles of Emperor Ming of Song]

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 (円形の中に四角の穴のあいている銭の形状が、鵝鳥の目がまるくて瞳の四角なさまに似ているところから) 銭(ぜに)の異称。鳥目。鵝眼。〔通鑑‐宋明帝紀〕

出典　精選版 日本国語大辞典精選版 日本国語大辞典について　情報

<<:  Crane Trick - Crane Trick

>>:  Coherence

Recommend

Yasuyuki Namikawa

Year of death: May 28, 1927 Year of birth: 1845 A ...

Aoya

〘 noun 〙① Dyeing business. A family whose occupati...

Kelpie

...There are also many examples of monsters that ...

eccrine secretion

…A type of gland that performs secretory function...

Picture book - Ehon

In Japan, picture books used to refer to picture ...

Kulin

…At that time, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, and the ...

de Vries, M.

…At the beginning of the 19th century, Matthijs S...

Iida Sekien

...A scholar of Japanese classics and a poet of t...

Rosa gallica (English spelling) Rosagallica

…[Naruhashi Naohiro]. . … *Some of the terminolog...

Indonesian Development Unity Party

...The Masyumi Party had influence in West Java, ...

Right to claim benefits

...This also includes cases where a request is ma...

Immersion refractometer

… The critical angle method measures the critical...

Kasai ship

〘Noun〙 During the Edo period, a boat used by farme...

Yellows - Yellows

〘Noun〙① A type of anemia. It occurs in girls aroun...

Darius

…Darius is the Greek pronunciation, and in Old Pe...