WHOLE CHARACTER
票
ticket (车票, 电影票); banknote (钞票); vote (选票)
票 is a ticket — for a train, a show, or a vote; read piāo in the old sense of fluttering.
ZDIC marks 会意; the two pieces are shown visually, without an expanded story.
Character Familiestop / bottom
票
ticket (车票, 电影票); banknote (钞票); vote (选票)
票 is a ticket — for a train, a show, or a vote; read piāo in the old sense of fluttering.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
top / bottom
ZDIC marks 会意; the two pieces are shown visually, without an expanded story.
TOP PIECE (A FLATTENED FORM OF 西)
覀
Notice this part of the shape; it is not taught as a separate word in this lesson.
In 票: top piece (a flattened form of 西) Shown as the top visual piece; its historical contribution is not explained in the extracted entry.
BOTTOM PIECE (THE RADICAL 示)
示
to show; display
A standalone dictionary graph; in 票 it is shown as the bottom piece without a claimed role.
In 票: bottom piece (the radical 示) ZDIC lists 示 as the radical; shown as the bottom piece.
Tone 4
- ticket (车票, 电影票)
- banknote (钞票)
- vote (选票)
- 车票travel ticket
- 钞票banknote
Tone 1classical; same as 飘
- classical: same as 飘 (to flutter)
No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.
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