entries → 找錢
TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 詞
找錢 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
找錢 ＝ 找 ＋ 錢
ㄓㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ · zhǎoqián
verb — to give change (after a purchase)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

找to look for, here to give back (尋找)zhǎo
錢money (金錢)qián
找錢，尋找的找，金錢的錢。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

你多付了，店員把剩下的「錢」找（找）回給你。
You overpaid; the clerk hunts (找) the leftover money (錢) back into your hand.
關 · Related
零錢língqiánloose change — what gets handed back付錢fùqiánto pay — the step before the change comes