The pronunciation of chao is: chāo.
The radical "_" is simplified to "钅". Based on the ancient calligraphy, it is simplified and saved. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Chao is taken with a fork. From gold, Shaosheng.". What is subtle and insufficient relative to reality is the paradigm of few. The two paradigms of Jin and Shao are superimposed. Gold breaks into it and takes it, which is the paradigm of banknotes.
Original meaning: Same as "copy". ?
Extension: extended to refer to "paper money". Such as: banknotes, cash, exchange of foreign currency. ?
Extension: also used as a surname.
Basic meaning
Chao chāo
Gold breaks into it and takes it, which is the paradigm of money.
Plunder; plunder. Later, it was called "chao" [rob]
money, which is taken with a fork. From gold, speak less. ——"Shuowen". Copy the common characters.
Covering and taking is called plundering. ——"Popular Literature"
Attack the counties and counties. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·The Biography of Gongsun Zan"
Another example: Chaoluo (rob and harass; rob others' property)
Transcription. Also known as "copy" [copy]
Pu was very fond of learning when he was young, and he would always copy what he read by hand. ——"History of the Ming Dynasty·Biography of Zhang Pu"
Another example: Chao Bai (copy of official documents); Chao Xu (a minor official responsible for copying and writing banknotes. Also called "Copy Xu")
The name of the banknote. That is, banknotes, referred to as banknotes [paper money]
The banknotes are handed over and used together with money. ——"History of the Jin Dynasty·Food and Goods Chronicles Three"
Another example: foreign banknotes (foreign banknotes); Mingchao (fake banknotes burned by superstitious people for the dead, called paper money in some places)
Generally refers to money [money]. Such as: breaking money (spending money on entertaining guests and giving gifts); money money (generally referring to money in the old days)
A collection of selected literary works [collection]. For example: "Beitang Shuchao", "Zhang Taiyan Wenchao"
The surname is "Chao"
The Jurchen family name. According to the history of the Jin Dynasty: There was Chaowu in the Jin Dynasty, named Meng'an (the head of a thousand households). In addition, the Wan surname genealogy records that in the Ming Dynasty, Chaoxiu, Chaoqi and Chaojie were all born in Zhangde (now Anyang, Henan). Today, Zhouzhuang, Hua County, Henan Province; Houwuzhuang, Changyuan County; Shanggang Township, Xinye County, Henan Province; Chaojia Village, Zengjia Village, Liuji Town, Dengzhou City, Henan Province; Wugouying Town, Xiping County, Henan Province; Zhaitou Township, Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province, etc. The land has this surname. Liaocheng, Shandong Province also has the surname Chao, located in Gujia Hutong, Lounanxi, Gucheng District.
Commonly used phrases
Notes, banknotes