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账 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
账 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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账 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
账 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

账 Stroke Order — How to Write 账

Stroke Order

账 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 贝, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

账 Radical and Character Components

Components:贝长

账 is a phono-semantic compound: 贝 (money) carries the meaning, while 长 indicates the sound.

Radical: 贝 + 4 more strokes

账 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • zhàng

Meanings of 账 in Chinese

1

zhàng账

Records of financial transactions; an account of income and expenditure, often found in ledgers or books.
我需要核对一下银行账号,确保转账无误
I need to verify the bank account number to ensure the transfer is correct.
Refers to an account book or ledger.
他把所有收支都记在一本账上。
He recorded all income and expenses in an account book.
Debt; an amount of money owed or due.
他欠了商店很多账,必须尽快还清。
He owes the store a lot of money and must pay off the debt as soon as possible.

Common Words and Phrases with 账

1
zhàng账běn本
An account book.
他从抽屉里拿出旧账本,翻查着过去的开销记录
He took out the old account book from the drawer and looked through past expense records.
2
zhàng账bù簿
An account book used for recording financial transactions.
会计每天都要仔细核对公司的账簿,确保没有错误。
The accountant carefully checks the company's account books every day to ensure there are no errors.
3
zhàng账cè册
An account book.
会计仔细核对每一笔交易,并将它们记录在公司的账册上。
The accountant carefully verified each transaction and recorded them in the company's ledger.
4
zhàng账dān单
A statement of money owed for goods or services; a bill.
请把账单寄到我的邮箱。
Please send the bill to my email address.
5
zhàng账fáng房
A traditional accountant or the office responsible for financial management.
他每天都会去账房查看收支情况,确保没有差错。
He would go to the accounting office every day to check the income and expenditure, ensuring there were no errors.
6
zhàng账hào号
account number
请您提供您 的银行账号以 便我们处理退款。
Please provide your bank account number so we can process the refund.
7
zhàng账hù户
An account is a record of financial transactions, typically held with a bank or other financial institution.
请您核对一下您的银行账户余额。
Please check your bank account balance.
8
zhàng账kuǎn款
Accounts (financial); funds; or money owed.
公司需要尽快收回这些逾期账款。
The company needs to recover these overdue accounts as soon as possible.
9
zhàng账mù目
items of an account; accounts
他仔细核对了所有的账目,确保没有错误。
He carefully checked all the accounts to ensure there were no errors.

More words with 账

  • dāi呆zhàng账bad debt
  • fù付zhàng账to pay a bill
  • gāi该zhàng账to be in debt
  • qiàn欠zhàng账Money owed; a debt.
  • shē赊zhàng账credit, on credit
  • làn烂zhàng账bad debt, uncollectible accounts
  • dàng宕zhàng账Write off, Charge off
  • liǎo了zhàng账to settle an account, to pay a bill
  • shā煞zhàng账to settle accounts; to clear a debt
  • yán阎wáng王zhàng账A fatal debt, An unavoidable reckoning
  • jié结zhàng账checkout, pay the bill
  • zhàng账wù务Accounting, Financial affairs
  • lài赖zhàng账default on a debt, renege on a debt
  • mǎi买zhàng账buy into, accept
  • rù入zhàng账book, post
  • zhuǎn转zhàng账transfer, bank transfer
  • zuò做zhàng账Bookkeeping, Doing accounting
  • chōng冲zhàng账Offset an account, Reverse an entry
  • dào到zhàng账arrived, credited
  • huì会zhàng账Settle the bill, Pay the bill

Idioms with 账

  • qiū秋hòu后suàn算zhàng账settle scores later
  • hú糊tu涂zhàng账muddled or confused accounts
  • zuò坐dì地fēn分zhàng账divide spoils on the spot

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Questions about 账

What does 账 mean in Chinese?

账 (zhàng) means “Debt” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 账?

账 is pronounced zhàng in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 账 have?

账 has 8 strokes.

How do you write 账?

账 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 贝. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 账?

The radical of 账 is 贝, and 账 is a phono-semantic compound.

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