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压岁钱

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Pīnyīn
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money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
压
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *压* | 压* | *压
6画
press; oppress; crush; pressure
壓
7121
XMGI
岁
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 *岁* | 岁* | *岁
6画
year; age; harvest
歲
2220
UNI
钱
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 *钱* | 钱* | *钱
10画
money, currency, coins
錢
8375
CIJ

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
压岁钱
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
压
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
压
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
 岁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岁* | 岁* | *岁
variant of 歲|岁, year / years old
 岁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岁* | 岁* | *岁
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
  钱
  Qián​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
surname Qian
  钱
  qián​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两