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鈔
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
钞
🇨🇳

paper money

HSK 10
Society →Economy
chāo
ショウ
초
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鈔)
釒 kangxi+ 少 few =
鈔 paper money
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
釒 is a component form of 金.
少 Phonetic component
shǎo few
few, less, inadequate
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Simplified (钞)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 少 few =
钞 paper money
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
少 Phonetic component
shǎo few
few, less, inadequate
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)鈴 small bell (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鈔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钞 / 鈔 [chāo]
money; paper money; variant of 抄[chāo]
Japanese
抄 、 鈔 しょう 同音

noun

  1. excerpt; extract
  2. annotation
  3. shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
  4. archaic banknote; paper money
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
钞票 [chāo​piào] #5,562
paper money
假钞 [jiǎ​chāo] #16,501
counterfeit money
运钞车 [yùn​chāo​chē] #14,035
armored car (for transporting valuables)
伪钞 [wěi​chāo] #21,780
counterfeit currency
美钞 [Měi​chāo] #29,700
US dollar bill
验钞机 [yàn​chāo​jī] #50,476
a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills
纸钞 [zhǐ​chāo] #54,243
banknote
钱钞 [qián​chāo] #63,214
money
冥钞 [míng​chāo] #67,780
false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
破钞 [pò​chāo] #70,912
to spend money
2 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
抄 [しょう] #52,410
excerpt
⭐ 抄本 [しょうほん] #129,584
excerpt
和名抄 [わみょうしょう] #160,653
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
倭名類聚鈔 [わみょうるいじゅしょう] #179,695
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
壒嚢鈔 [あいのうしょう] #273,816
Ainosho (dictionary of Buddhism, first published in 1446)
あい嚢鈔 [あいのうしょう]
Ainosho (dictionary of Buddhism, first published in 1446)