He is making preparations for a trip.
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筹
Traditional: 籌
chóu
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
chóu · cau4 (Jyutping)
- chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket
- to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)
- resource; way; means
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Character breakdown
筹
- Meaning
- chip, tally, token; raise money
- Radical
- ⺮
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- ⿱⺮寿
- Cangjie
- HQKI
- Four-corner
- 8834
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
She made elaborate preparations for the party.
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