筹

Tap the pinyin to hear it

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ meaning “bamboo” + 寿 sound ( shòu )

Components ⺮寿

make arrangements · Heisig RSH #2580

竹 bamboo + long, gray, beard

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
运筹学	yùn chóu xué	operations research (OR)
筹委会	chóu wěi huì	organizing committee
略胜一筹	lüè shèng yī chóu	slightly better; a cut above
一筹莫展	yī chóu mò zhǎn	to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
筹子	chóu zi	chip; counter
更胜一筹	gèng shèng yī chóu	superior by a notch; a cut above; even better
红筹股	hóng chóu gǔ	red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in …
筹马	chóu mǎ	variant of 籌碼\|筹码[chou2 ma3]
筹出	chóu chū	to plan out; to prepare
运筹	yùn chóu	to plan; operations; logistics
酒筹	jiǔ chóu	drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poe…
运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外	yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài	a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the di…
筹商	chóu shāng	to discuss (a plan); to negotiate (an outcome)
筹集	chóu jí	to collect money; to raise funds
蓝筹股	lán chóu gǔ	blue chip stock
筹资	chóu zī	to raise resources
筹思	chóu sī	to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)
统筹	tǒng chóu	an overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole
筹钱	chóu qián	to raise money
筹建	chóu jiàn	to prepare to build sth

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
寿 sound part	shòu	old age, longevity; lifespan
祷	dǎo	to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
铸	zhù	to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin
涛	tāo	large waves
畴	chóu	field, farmland; class, category
踌	chóu	to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied
焘	dào	to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop
帱	chóu	to cover up; curtain
梼	táo	wood block; idiot, blockhead