HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
机票
Airplane ticket / flight ticket
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 机票 look like this?
It's a two-character word! 1. 机 (jī): Wood radical 木 + sound component 几. It means 'machine' (in this context, an airplane). 2. 票 (piào): The top part represents 'to cover' and the bottom is 'spirit/omen' (示). It means 'ticket' or 'slip of paper'. Together, they represent a ticket for a flying machine!