钞
鈔chāo
#2,641 most
frequent character
money, paper money, variant of 抄[chao1]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
钞 has 钅 metal as the meaning part and 少 shǎo as a sound part. It first meant holding something between your fingers. The meaning grew to copying by hand, and then the sense bank note or paper money was borrowed for its sound.
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