永楽銭

Reading

Kana: えいらくせん

Romaji: eirakusen

Definition

noun

1

Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

Kanji

永

Readings: エイ、 なが.い

Meanings: eternity, long, lengthy

楽

Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む

Meanings: music, comfort, ease

銭

Readings: セン、 ゼン、 ぜに、 すき

Meanings: coin, .01 yen, money