搂钱
lōu​qián

rake in

搂 lǒu hug Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摟.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

钱 qián, qian money Simplified

Simplified form of 錢. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

摟 lǒu hug Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroː
ro

說文解字

《說文》：“摟，曳聚也。从手，婁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

錢 qián, qian money Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjenN-ts[a][n] coin, money

說文解字

《說文》：“錢，銚也，古田器。从金，戔聲。《詩》曰：‘庤乃錢鎛。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)