CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qian2
- English meanings
- copper coin, cash, money, fund, sum
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 钅; right 戋.
Meaning & sound clues
钅 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “money”.
戋 is identified as the sound component (jiān). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 钱.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
Qian (heaven trigram)
front
thousand
moat; trench
inlay; embed
yawn
apology
easy
dive; latent
pull
sign
euryale; starch
pious; sincere
modest; humble
blame; condemn
move
send; dispatch
pliers; clamp
lead (chemistry)
Example sentences
Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.
- 01
I didn't bring any money.
- 02
How much is this book?
- 03
Money isn't everything.
- 04
Put the money away safely.
- 05
He spent a lot of money.
- 06
There's no money in the wallet.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 价钱
- 值钱
- 挣钱
- 掏钱
- 本钱
- 省钱
- 私房钱
- 见钱眼开
- 赔钱
- 赚钱
- 金钱
- 钱包
- 钱财
- 零花钱
- 零钱