券

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bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate

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HSK 3.0: Level 6
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 8
Radical: 刀 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 券
Common rank: #1,357
Unicode: U+5238

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Formation & memory

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How 券 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刀 meaning “knife” + 龹 sound

Components 龹刀

How to remember it

voucher · Heisig RSH #2249

quarter + dagger

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 券

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
法兰克福证券交易所	Fǎ lán kè fú Zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ	Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)
美国证券交易委员会	Měi guó Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì Wěi yuán huì	US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
上海证券交易所	Shàng hǎi Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒ	Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
中国证券报	Zhōng guó Zhèng quàn bào	China Securities Journal
上海证券交易所综合股价指数	Shàng hǎi Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒ Zōng hé Gǔ jià Zhǐ shù	Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
证券市场	zhèng quàn shì chǎng	financial market
中国证券监督管理委员会	Zhōng guó Zhèng quàn Jiān dū Guǎn lǐ Wěi yuán huì	China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
信用证券	xìn yòng zhèng quàn	instrument of credit; letter of credit; see also 信用證\|信用证[xin4 yong4 zheng4]; CL:張\|张[zhang1…
证券交易所	zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ	stock exchange
证券委员会	zhèng quàn wěi yuán huì	securities commission (of the State Council)
代金券	dài jīn quàn	voucher; coupon
关金券	guān jīn quàn	Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
证券经纪人	zhèng quàn jīng jì rén	stockbroker
证券公司	zhèng quàn gōng sī	securities company; share company
有价证券	yǒu jià zhèng quàn	(finance) negotiable securities
证券化率	zhèng quàn huà lǜ	securitization ratio
入场券	rù chǎng quàn	admission ticket; (fig.) qualification to enter a higher-level competition or field
金元券	jīn yuán quàn	currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
证券行	zhèng quàn háng	(HK, Tw) securities house; brokerage firm
证券经营	zhèng quàn jīng yíng	share dealing; brokering

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 龹 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
龹 sound part	—	Form of 卷 used as a phonetic component
拳	quán	fist; various forms of boxing
眷	juàn	to take an interest in; to care for
豢	huàn	domestic animal; to feed, to raise
誊	téng	to copy, to transcribe
弮	quān	a repeating crossbow
飬	yǎng	to offer a sacrifice
鲞	xiǎng	dried fish
劵	juàn	certificate, ticket; title deed