(qián)

money; coin

How 錢 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
— metal/gold
Traditional
Simplified

Components

Common words using 錢

值錢 zhíqián
valuable; costly; expensive
價錢 jiàqian
price
存錢 cúnqián
to deposit money; to save money
掙錢 zhèngqián
to make money
有錢 yǒuqián
well-off; wealthy
有錢人 yǒuqiánrén
the rich; the wealthy
本錢 běnqián
capital
金錢 jīnqián
money; currency
錢包 qiánbāo
purse; wallet
錢財 qiáncái
wealth; money
一錢不值 yīqiánbùzhí
not worth a penny; utterly worthless
交錢 jiāoqián
to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover sth

錢 in a sentence

我身上沒帶錢。

Wǒ shēnshang méi dài qián.

“I don't have any money on me.”

How common is 錢?

錢 is the 603rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 79.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 錢

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