| 四出文钱 |
sì chū wén qián |
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 汉灵帝, with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文) |
| 四 |
sì |
four / 4 |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 钱 |
Qián |
surname Qian |
| 钱 |
qián |
coin / money / CL:笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 |