HSK 1 · Shopping & money

钱

qián

money

Stroke order of 钱

钱 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Metal '钅' coins stacked in piles '戋' — money!

Parts: 钅 metal + 戋 (phonetic, 'small/stacked')

Example sentence

我没有钱。

I don't have money.

Words with 钱

钱包wallet 价钱price

More words: Shopping & money

买to buy 钱包wallet 块yuan (unit of money, spoken)毛ten cents (spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 书店bookstore 包bag; to wrap

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