Read Edit View history 錢 qiánQián HSK1 money Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qián ×qian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钱 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 錢 Simp strokes 錢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 錢 Simp strokes 錢 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 錢 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 286, 771 ], [ 316, 739 ], [ 299, 683 ], [ 265, 610 ], [ 175, 470 ], [ 109, 400 ], [ 66, 366 ] ], [ [ 340, 688 ], [ 346, 679 ], [ 410, 640 ], [ 433, 606 ] ], [ [ 203, 466 ], [ 258, 473 ], [ 348, 507 ], [ 397, 516 ] ], [ [ 175, 342 ], [ 199, 339 ], [ 239, 346 ], [ 366, 391 ], [ 413, 397 ] ], [ [ 278, 457 ], [ 303, 437 ], [ 305, 416 ], [ 305, 200 ], [ 300, 183 ], [ 288, 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