票
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ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
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- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 票
- Common rank
- #493
- Unicode
- U+7968
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Formation & memory
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How 票 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering
How to remember it
ticket · Heisig RSH #1256
Old West + altar
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 票
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机票 | plane ticket; airline ticket; CL:張|张[zhang1] | |
| 车票 | ticket for a bus or train | |
| 门票 | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) | |
| 南票区 | Nanpiao, a district of Huludao City 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[Hu2 lu2 dao3 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 三联式发票 | (Tw) triplicate uniform invoice, a type of receipt 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4] issued t… | |
| 北票市 | Beipiao, a county-level city in Chaoyang City 朝陽市|朝阳市[Chao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 火车票 | train ticket | |
| 二联式发票 | (Tw) duplicate uniform invoice, a type of receipt 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4] issued to… | |
| 形式发票 | pro forma invoice | |
| 统一发票 | uniform invoice, a standardized government-issued invoice used in Taiwan for recording fin… | |
| 票子 | (coll.) cash; bill | |
| 商业发票 | commercial invoice | |
| 小票 | receipt; banknote of small denomination | |
| 打保票 | to vouch for; to guarantee | |
| 打包票 | to vouch for; to guarantee | |
| 拉票 | to campaign for votes; to ask voters for support | |
| 白票 | blank vote; abstention | |
| 铁票区 | (Tw) safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a distri… | |
| 发票 | invoice; receipt; bill; uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票[tong3 yi1 fa1 piao4]) | |
| 反对票 | dissenting vote |
Sound family
These characters use 票 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 票 sound part | bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper | |
| 标 | mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize | |
| 飘 | to drift, to float, to flutter | |
| 漂 | to drift, to float; to be tossed about; bleach | |
| 瓢 | a ladle made from a dried gourd | |
| 膘 | sfat; rump | |
| 镖 | spear, harpoon, dart; to escort | |
| 嫖 | to patronize a prostitute; to frequent | |
| 嘌 | fast, speedy | |
| 缥 | dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil | |
| 剽 | to rob, to plunder, to slice off; nimble, quick | |
| 螵 | chrysalis | |
| 鳔 | swim bladder | |
| 摽 | to sign, to signal; to throw | |
| 瘭 | whitlow | |
| 瞟 | to squint, to glare, to look askance | |
| 骠 | charger, steed; swift, valiant |