账zhàng
accounts, books. 8 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 账
Strokes 1–4 write 贝, then strokes 5–8 write 长.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 账 · the stroke-order rules
What 账 is made of
贝 (bèi, sea shell) and 长 (zhǎng, long).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 长 carries the sound.
Words that use 账
| 账 | accounts, books 指钱物出入的记载 他在文件上盖了章，又核对了账户信息。Clearing the old accounts took a good deal of time. Lesson 685, 站台掌声 · 守正出新与光耀千秋 · Preserving Heritage & Pioneering Innovations |
| 账户 | account (bank) 指银行里的存款记录 他在文件上盖了章，又核对了账户信息。He also checked the account details. Lesson 685, 站台掌声 · 守正出新与光耀千秋 · Preserving Heritage & Pioneering Innovations |
Characters that share the sound part 长
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.