Example sentences
qián钱zài在bāo包lǐ里。
The money is in the bag.
wǒ我méi没qián钱le了。
I'm out of money.
The story behind the character
钱
钱 was once a shovel. Xu Shen wrote 钱, 铫也, 古田器. An old farming tool. Early coins were cast in the shape of a spade, so the spade's name stuck to the money. The cash in your pocket began as a digging tool.