票 (piào)

ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amat

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. A remnant of 要 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "leaping flames". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“,火飛也。从火、。與同意。”

Original meaning

leaping flames

Components