筹
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chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,752 U+7B79
How 筹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 寿 (phonetic, shòu)
How to remember it
make arrangements · Heisig RSH #2580
竹 bamboo + long, gray, beard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寿 (shòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound component | shòu | old age, longevity; lifespan |
| 祷 | dǎo | to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer |
| 铸 | zhù | to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin |
| 涛 | tāo | large waves |
| 畴 | chóu | field, farmland; class, category |
| 踌 | chóu | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied |
| 焘 | dào | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop |
| 帱 | chóu | to cover up; curtain |
| 梼 | táo | wood block; idiot, blockhead |
Words containing 筹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运筹学 | yùn chóu xué | operations research (OR) |
| 略胜一筹 | lüè shèng yī chóu | slightly better; a cut above |
| 筹委会 | chóu wěi huì | organizing committee |
| 一筹莫展 | yī chóu mò zhǎn | to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end |
| 筹子 | chóu zi | chip; counter |
| 更胜一筹 | gèng shèng yī chóu | superior by a notch; a cut above; even better |
| 红筹股 | hóng chóu gǔ | red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in … |
| 筹马 | chóu mǎ | variant of 籌碼|筹码[chou2 ma3] |
| 筹出 | chóu chū | to plan out; to prepare |
| 运筹 | yùn chóu | to plan; operations; logistics |
| 酒筹 | jiǔ chóu | drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poe… |
| 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外 | yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài | a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the di… |
| 筹商 | chóu shāng | to discuss (a plan); to negotiate (an outcome) |
| 筹集 | chóu jí | to collect money; to raise funds |
| 蓝筹股 | lán chóu gǔ | blue chip stock |
| 筹资 | chóu zī | to raise resources |
| 筹思 | chóu sī | to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc) |
| 统筹 | tǒng chóu | an overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole |
| 筹钱 | chóu qián | to raise money |
| 筹建 | chóu jiàn | to prepare to build sth |