捐款
juān kuǎn · HSK 6
to donate money
💰🎁 juān sounds like JUAN who always donates + kuǎn means a sum of money
捐 (juān) means to contribute or give away, while 款 (kuǎn) means a sum or fund. Together they form donate money. Think: generous Juan hands over a cash sum every time.
捐 — hand 扌 + 肙 (small worm, phonetic)
捐 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 suggests an action done by hand, while 肙 supplies the sound (juān). The original sense was 'to remove' or 'cast aside' by hand, which later extended to 'relinquish' and then 'donate' or 'contribute'.