How to write 票 (piào, “ticket”)
票 (piào), an HSK 2 character, means “ticket”, “ballot” and “banknote”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, up from level 1 in the 2021 standard. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 20 other characters, such as 漂 (“to float”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 机票 (“plane ticket”), 门票 (“ticket”) and 检票 (“to inspect a ticket”). Japanese reads it hyou, “ballot”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.
- Pinyin
- piào
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 示 (“to show”)
Stroke by stroke
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As a top-bottom character it splits into 覀 (“west”), strokes 1–6; 示 (“to show”, the radical), strokes 7–11, written the top first.
- top leftrightwards
- top leftdown and right
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- topdownwards
- topdown and right → downwards
- leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- centerdownwards → up and left
- bottom leftdown and left
- bottom rightdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (11 strokes in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese).
票 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 20 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| piào fourth tone | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera | — | 机票 门票 检票 售票员 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 149 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 票
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 票 | piào | ticket; ballot HSK 2 |
| 机票 機票 | jīpiào | plane ticket; airline ticket HSK 2 |
| 门票 門票 | ménpiào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) HSK 2 |
| 检票 檢票 | jiǎnpiào | to inspect a ticket; to examine a ballot HSK 3 |
| 售票员 售票員 | shòupiàoyuán | ticket seller HSK 4 |
| 邮票 郵票 | yóupiào | (postage) stamp HSK 5 |
| 发票 發票 | fāpiào | invoice; receipt HSK 6 |
| 彩票 | cǎipiào | lottery ticket HSK 6 |
| 投票 | tóupiào | to vote; to cast a vote HSK 6 |
| 股票 | gǔpiào | share certificate; stock (finance) HSK 6 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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