a kind of water-beetle cash

Senses

[bound form] water beetle

a legendary water beetle; used in names for certain insects like the butterfly 蚨蝶 fú​dié

[bound form] money

a literary or archaic term for money, derived from the legend of the Qingfu beetle 青蚨 qīng​fú

References

see 蚨/蚨 青蚨/青蚨
see 蚨/蚨 蚨蝶/蚨蝶