1. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
   "the fens of eastern England";
   - marsh, marshland, fenland
    
2. (China) 100 fen is equal to 1 yuan
   "The child's piggy bank contained a handful of fen coins"

Derived forms: fens

Type of: Chinese monetary unit, wetland

Part of: jiao

Encyclopedia: Fen