zhuànzuàn

make money

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

兼 sound component

  Sound component

jiān

  

double

Evolution

赚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
赚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhuàn

make money, earn; gain, profit; to earn; to make a profit

() 

zuàn

to cheat; to swindle

Most common words with 赚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to earn

赚钱

to earn money

赚取

to make a profit

赚头

profit (colloquial)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 23.9308% of movies

1320th most common character in movies

2182nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Traditional

Unicode

U+8D5A


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