錢
qiánQián HSK1

money

钱 (錢) qián frequency
money noun
money, currency, or coins

我的钱包里没钱了。

wǒ de qián​bāo lǐ méi qián le.

There's no more money in my wallet.

mace noun
a traditional unit of weight equal to one tenth of a tael (liang)

医生在药方里开了三钱当归。

yī​shēng zài yào​fāng lǐ kāi le sān qián dāng​guī.

The doctor prescribed three 'qian' of Angelica sinensis in the prescription.

钱 (錢) Qián
Qian proper name
surname Qian

钱先生在银行工作。

Qián xiān​sheng zài yín​háng gōng​zuò.

Mr. Qian works at a bank.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
603rd most common 347.8 per million
Movie subtitles
232nd most common 752.0 per million appears in 79% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
871.1 per million appears in 74% of films
Written text
359.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
钱
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+9322

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)