钱 (qián): meaning and stroke order
钱 (qián) means coin, money, 笔, unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两, surname Qian.
钱
- Simplified
- 钱
- Traditional
- 錢
- Pinyin
- qián
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Stroke order of 钱
钱
- Qián surname Qian
- qián coin; money
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 錢
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Meaning of 钱
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qián
Traditional 錢
- coin
- money
- CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
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Qián
Traditional 錢
- surname Qian
Radical and structure
- 钱
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 10 strokes · 钅 on the left, 戋 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 钱
- 价钱 jià qian price
- 有钱 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy
- 钱袋 qián dài purse; wallet
- 钱包 qián bāo purse; wallet
钱 in our stories
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马丽说：“苹果多少钱一斤？”
Mǎ Lì shuō píngguǒ duōshao qián yì jīn
Ma Li says, "How much are the apples a jin?"
From the story Buying apples HSK 1
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林东说：“谢谢！多少钱？”
Lín Dōng shuō xièxie duōshao qián
Lin Dong says, "Thanks! How much is it?"
From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1
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甄太太的脸一下子白了。半个小时以后，她承认：项链早就被她卖了，她想让保险公司赔钱。
Zhēn tàitai de liǎn yíxiàzi bái le bàn gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu tā chéngrèn xiàngliàn zǎo jiù bèi tā mài le tā xiǎng ràng bǎoxiǎn gōngsī péi qián
Mrs Zhen turned white. Half an hour later she admitted that she had sold the necklace long ago and wanted the insurance company to pay out.
From the story The dry floor HSK 6
Where you learn it
钱 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 钱
- Buying apples HSK 1
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
- The dry floor HSK 6
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).