懂中文 Dong Chinese

票

piào

slip of paper or bamboo

Original meaning: 

leaping flames

Phonosemantic compound. A remnant of 要 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "leaping flames". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
要 sound,remnant component

要  Sound Remnant component

yào, yāo

  

want

火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

票 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
票 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
票 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
票 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
票 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

票  

piào

slip of paper or bamboo; ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhāng]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

Most common words with 票
Freq.
Word
Meaning

票

ticket

投票

to vote

股票

share certificate

支票

cheque

机票

air ticket

Component uses

Sound component in 20 characters (2 verified)

標 漂 飄 飘 鏢 镖 嫖 瞟 瓢 剽 縹 缥 膘 嘌 骠 鰾 鳔 螵 摽 瘭