Characters › 钱
10 strokes · radical 钅 (metal/gold) · traditional 錢
16 strokes · simplified 钱
A way to remember it
The metal radical, 钅, beside 戋. Coins were cast bronze, so money is filed under metal.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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coin; money
qián — coin; money
Radical 钅 (metal/gold) · 10 strokes · traditional 錢
16 strokes · simplified 钱
A way to remember itThe metal radical, 钅, beside 戋. Coins were cast bronze, so money is filed under metal.