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HSK 10 N2
jià
カ、ケ
あたい
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 賈 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (價)
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
merchant
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Simplified (价)
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
jiè introduce
forerunner, herald, harbinger
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Japanese (価)
person (side)
west (cover)
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [jià]
price; value; (chemistry) valence
/ [jie]
great; good; middleman; servant
Japanese
あたい 同音

noun

  1. formal price; cost (esp. 価)
  2. formal value; worth; merit (esp. 値)
  3. mathematicscomputing value (esp. 値)
同音
n-sufcounter chemistry valence; valency
Example Sentences