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I was cleaning my room and found this pyramid thing with what I would guess a chinese character (because I'm chinese). Tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. Chinese character

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It is a graphic that combined all the characters in the phrase 招財進寶 (attract wealth and obtain treasure)

It is not a single word because you have to read it as 招財進寶 /zhāo cái jìn bǎo/

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    Wtf in my 20 years of being a chingling I never knew that was a thing :0 (even though I took chinese school and stuff). Thanks! o/ Commented Nov 5, 2021 at 10:28
  • It is a decoration item. You can see them in some stores
    – Tang Ho
    Commented Nov 5, 2021 at 10:39
  • It's like how English alphabets were combined into a composite in making a Company Logo, like the Volkswagen logo. Commented Nov 5, 2021 at 14:34

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