Copper coin in Chinese (Mandarin): 铜钱 (tóngqián)
铜钱
tóngqián
copper coin
- Simplified
- 铜钱
- Traditional
- 銅錢
- Pinyin
- tóngqián
- Typed as
- tongqian
Use it in a sentence
铜钱的中间有一个方孔。
銅錢的中間有一個方孔。
A copper coin has a square hole in the middle.
The characters in 铜钱
铜 / 銅
Copper, bronze. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
11 strokes
钱 / 錢
Money.
10 strokes
Old Chinese coins had a square hole so they could be strung together on a cord.
More examples with 铜钱
铜钱是圆的。
銅錢是圓的。
Tóngqián shì yuán de.
Copper coins are round.
我找到了一个铜钱。
我找到了一個銅錢。
Wǒ zhǎo dào le yí gè tóngqián.
I found an old copper coin.
How to write 铜钱 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
铜 11 strokes
钱 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
銅 14 strokes
錢 16 strokes
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