压岁钱 yāsuìqián Lucky money in new year

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Traditional: 壓歲錢

Stroke order

压岁钱 is written in 22 strokes across 3 characters.

压岁钱 — the Chinese character for Lucky money in new year (yāsuìqián), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 压岁钱 — Lucky money in new year

压 — 6 strokes
岁 — 6 strokes
钱 — 10 strokes

Characters in 压岁钱

压 yā — to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
岁 suì — classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
钱 qián — coin; money

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

压岁钱 is pronounced yāsuìqián and means “Lucky money in new year”.

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