Chinese symbol for “banknote”
纸钞
zhǐ chāo
Traditional: 紙鈔
banknote
The closest CC-CEDICT match for banknote is 纸钞 (zhǐ chāo), defined as: banknote.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “banknote”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 票 | piào | ticket; ballot |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纸钞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 纸币 (紙幣) | zhǐ bì | bank notes; paper currency |
| 图纸 (圖紙) | tú zhǐ | blueprint; drawing |
| 纸张 (紙張) | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 纸条 (紙條) | zhǐ tiáo | slip of paper |
| 造纸 (造紙) | zào zhǐ | papermaking |
| 钞票 (鈔票) | chāo piào | paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) |
| 假钞 (假鈔) | jiǎ chāo | counterfeit money; forged note |
See also: Japanese symbol for “banknote”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.