钞
money; paper money; variant of 抄[chao1]
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,783 U+949E
How 钞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “money”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
paper money · Heisig RSH #1613
metal + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 沙 | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 省 | shěng | province; frugal; to save, to leave out |
| 妙 | miào | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 秒 | miǎo | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time |
| 吵 | chǎo | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 钞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运钞车 | yùn chāo chē | armored car (for transporting valuables) |
| 钞能力 | chāo néng lì | (coll.) wealth; financial clout (pun on 超能力[chao1 neng2 li4]) |
| 印钞机 | yìn chāo jī | money printer |
| 验钞机 | yàn chāo jī | a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills |
| 验钞器 | yàn chāo qì | money counter and counterfeit detection machine |
| 纪念钞 | jì niàn chāo | commemorative banknote |
| 美钞 | Měi chāo | US dollar bill; greenback |
| 破钞 | pò chāo | to spend money |
| 假钞 | jiǎ chāo | counterfeit money; forged note |
| 钱钞 | qián chāo | money |
| 钞票 | chāo piào | paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan); CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1] |
| 纸钞 | zhǐ chāo | banknote |
| 伪钞 | wěi chāo | counterfeit currency |
| 冥钞 | míng chāo | false paper money burned as an offering to the dead |