Chinese Character 鈔 Meanings and components.

Form

鈔

Meaning

鈔 meaning[3] in English

Money.

Paper Money.

Variant Of 抄[Chao1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鈔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CFH

How to write 鈔

To write鈔chao1money you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 少 = 鈔

鈔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鈔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鈔, looks as follow:

鈔
Pinyin:chao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Money . Paper Money . Variant Of 抄[Chao1]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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