Chinese cash

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Chinese cash has several meanings:

• Cash (Chinese coin) (方孔錢 fāng kǒng qián), a type of copper coin used in imperial China
• Chinese cash (currency) (文 wén), a historical Chinese currency unit often used on cash coins
• Cash (mass) (厘 lí), a Chinese unit of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ tael, and a currency equivalent to that weight in silver

The word "cash" used in these contexts was derived from the Tamil kāsu, a South Indian monetary unit.^[1] The English word "cash," meaning "tangible currency," is an older word from Middle French caisse.^[1] For modern Chinese currency, see Renminbi.

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