銅貨(どうか)

どうか
noun
copper coin
1. copper coin
A coin made of copper or bronze.
古(ふる)い銅貨(どうか)をコレクションしている。
I collect old copper coins.
日本(にほん)の10円(えん)玉(だま)は銅貨(どうか)だ。
Japan's 10-yen coin is a copper coin.
遺跡(いせき)から銅貨(どうか)が発掘(はっくつ)された。
Copper coins were excavated from the ruins.

銅貨(どうか) refers to coins made primarily of copper. In modern Japanese currency, the 10-yen coin is the main copper coin.

RELATED TERMS (types of coins by material):

  • 金貨(きんか): gold coin
  • 銀貨(ぎんか): silver coin
  • 銅貨(どうか): copper coin
  • 硬貨(こうか): coin (general term)

NOTE: This is a homophone with どうか (please, somehow).

Related Words

Related: 硬貨(こうか) (coin)
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Added 2026.1.13 8:49 · Revised 2026.2.2 19:30
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