What ethnic characters are on the RMB?

The five kinds of characters on the RMB are Chinese characters, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uighur and Zhuang.

1. Chinese characters

There are two sets of numbers in Chinese characters: uppercase and lowercase. The lowercase is "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety, one hundred million", and the uppercase is "one, two, three." Four, five, six, eight, nine, and hundreds of thousands."

The "二六" in capital letters is a simplified character, and the corresponding traditional Chinese character is "二六". The characters "国" and "银" in "People's Bank of China" on the RMB are simplified characters, and the corresponding traditional Chinese characters for the simplified characters are "国" and "银".

There are also auxiliary Chinese characters on the RMB in Chinese Pinyin, which are used in two places on the back. "People's Bank of China 100" is written as "ZHONGGUORENMINYINHANG100", and in another place, "Yuan" is written as YUAN.

2. Mongolian script

The letter pronunciation, spelling rules, and style are similar to Uighur script, which is called Uighur-style Mongolian script. The current Mongolian alphabet has 29 letters, 5 of which are vowels and 24 of which are consonants. The way Mongolian letters are written has certain changes at the beginning, middle and end of words, making it easier to write consecutively. Mongolian is basically spelled word by word.

3. Tibetan

Tibetan is a phonetic script with 34 letters, including 4 vowels and 30 consonants. Tibetan characters are arranged horizontally from left to right. Words are not written separately, and dots are added after syllables to indicate syllable boundaries.

4. Uyghur

Uyghur is written horizontally from right to left. The current Uighur alphabet has 32 letters, including 8 vowels and 24 consonants. To facilitate continuous writing, letters are written differently when used alone or when they appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.

5. Zhuang characters

The Zhuang people originally had a kind of square Zhuang character, which is a Chinese character type that borrows Chinese characters or imitates Chinese characters. There are many variant characters, and the writing methods are not uniform in different places. It is difficult to master The number of people is very limited and it has not become an official text.

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The pattern on the back of the fifth set of RMB

1. The back of 1 Yuan: Three Pools Reflecting the Moon

The pattern on the 1 Yuan RMB It's not completely realistic. The photographer could only capture two stone towers from the angle. The Three Pools Reflecting the Moon is one of the ten scenic spots in West Lake in Hangzhou. It is located in the south of the middle of the West Lake. Together with the Pavilion in the middle of the lake and Ruan Gongdun, they are collectively called the "Three Islands in the Lake". They are like the Penglai Three Islands in ancient Chinese legends, so they are also called Xiaoyingzhou. . In the Northern Song Dynasty, it became a good place to enjoy the moon on the lake.

2. The back of 5 yuan: Taishan

It is also called Daishan, Daizong, Daiyue, Dongyue, Taiyue, etc. With so many names, it is actually the most famous mountain in the country. The name Mount Tai was first seen in the Book of Songs, and "Tai" means great, smooth and peaceful.

3. The back of 10 yuan: Kuimen

Kuimen, at the entrance of Qutang Gorge, is the west gate of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, also known as "Qutang Pass", in the majestic Baidi Below the city is the gateway to and from the Sichuan Basin. Heading east from Baidi City, you enter Qutang Gorge, the westernmost of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. It is about 8 kilometers long. It is the shortest among the Three Gorges, but the most majestic and steep.

4. The back of 20 yuan: Guilin landscape

Guilin is a world-famous scenic tourist city. The Li River is clear and beautiful, and has unparalleled karst landforms. "Green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful rocks" are the "four wonders" of Guilin.

5. Back of 50 Yuan: Potala Palace

The Potala Palace was built in the 7th century AD. It was built by King Songtsen Gampo of Tibet to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty in Tibet. establish. A palace with 999 houses was built on the Red Mountain in Lhasa at an altitude of more than 3,700 meters. The main building of the palace has 13 floors and is 115 meters high.

6. On the back of 100 yuan: the Great Hall of the People

The Great Hall of the People is one of the top ten buildings in the capital on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is also a landmark building in Beijing. It started construction in October 1958 and was completed in September 1959. It was completed in just over 10 months, creating a major pioneering work in the history of Chinese architecture.