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通貨 (つうか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

通つう貨か

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the money officially used in a country or region, or to currencies as units traded or exchanged.

日本にほんの通つう貨かは円えんです。
Japan's currency is the yen.
海かい外がい旅りょ行こうの前まえに現げん地ちの通つう貨かに両りょう替がえし

た

。

Before traveling abroad, I exchanged money into the local currency.

Kanji

通traffic, pass through, avenue
貨freight, goods, property

Similar words

貨か幣へい
Means 'money' or 'coinage' in a more economic or institutional sense; 通貨 focuses on the currency used or circulated.
外がい貨か
Means 'foreign currency'; it is a narrower term than 通貨.
お金かね
Everyday word for 'money'; 通貨 is more specific and often used in finance, news, and formal explanations.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 通 is associated with circulation or passage, and 貨 with goods or money. The spelling transparently fits the idea of money that circulates as currency.