钱

qián = qi + an2

surname Qian

钱 = 戋 + 钅 : The Queen of Hearts has become paranoid recently and thinks all the world wants her money. She hid all her money inside of a floating tank in the anthill's kitchen and guards it with a golden harpoon.

qián = qi + an2

coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

钱 = 戋 + 钅 : The Queen of Hearts has become paranoid recently and thinks all the world wants her money. She hid all her money inside of a floating tank in the anthill's kitchen and guards it with a golden harpoon.

钱 character breakdown

钱
- 戋
  - 一
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋
- 钅

jia̅n = ji + an1

narrow / small

戋 = 一 + 戈 : Mnemonic symbol: a narrow and small floating tank.

戋 = 一 + 戈 : Joan of Arc keeps guard in front of the anthill, her spear at her side. All has been quiet for a long time though, so she just prefers to play her flute all day.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.

Characters with 钱 as component

jia̅n = ji + an1

surname Jian

Words with 钱

price

valuable / costly / expensive

to pay money

,

lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction

stingy / penny-pinching

of little value

to be penniless

to spend money recklessly / to squander

to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth

gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)

commission / brokerage

salary

two bits / a small amount of money

r

erhua variant of 倆錢|俩钱[lia3 qian2]

to borrow money / to lend money

stingy; penny-pinching

to borrow money; to lend money

nothing for nothing / you get what you pay for

high quality at bargain price

to put money above everything else

Sentences with 钱