Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
10 strokes16 strokes
Character #162 · The First 1000

qián

money

coin; money

Strokes
1016
TraditionalSimplified
錢 钱
Poster cell
V6
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • qiánbāo purse
  • jiàqian price
  • zhèngqián to make money
  • jīnqián money
  • zhuànqián to earn money
  • shěngqián to save money
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 钱錢

Write 钱錢 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, qián, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell V6 · 28 × 36 grid

钱錢 is #162 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 钱 mean in English?
钱 (qián) means "money": coin; money.
How do you pronounce 钱?
钱 is pronounced qián in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄑㄧㄢˊ.
How many strokes does 钱 have?
The simplified form, 钱, has 10 strokes. The traditional form, 錢, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 钱?
The traditional form of 钱 is 錢. 钱 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 錢 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 钱?
Common words that use 钱 include 钱包 (qiánbāo, purse), 价钱 (jiàqian, price), 挣钱 (zhèngqián, to make money), 金钱 (jīnqián, money).
How common is 钱?
钱 is number 162 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell V6 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.