Chinese Character 錢 Meanings and components.

Form

錢

Meaning

錢 meaning[3] in English

Surname Qian.

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Main Components

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

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 CII

How to write 錢

To write錢qian2surname Qian you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 戔jian1narrow arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 戔 = 錢

錢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

錢
Pinyin:qian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Qian
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
戔
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Narrow . Small
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
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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