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票 consists of the component 覀, a variant of 西 meaning "west", at the top, and 示, meaning "show" or "indicate", at the bottom. Its original meaning described fire flying upward or sparks soaring into the air. This sense has vanished from modern use, and the character now refers to a slip of paper, a document, or a certificate. Its primary modern definitions therefore include tickets, banknotes, ballots, and receipts, concrete nouns for printed paper used in transactions or authorization.
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我需要一张门票。
明天我去买火车票。
如果下雨，我就不去投票。
他收集了很多电影票。
我昨天丢了机票，所以很着急。
这张支票被银行拒收了。
投票是公民的基本权利。
为了确保选举公正，每张选票都必须严格保密。