货

See also: 貨

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 貨 (貝 → 贝).

In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls) + semantic 贝 (“shell, money”) – valuable goods. 化 means “change”, so also connotation of “valuable goods that are exchanged, commodities”.

Han character

货 (Kangxi radical 154, 贝+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人心月人 (OPBO), composition ⿱化贝)

See also

• 赁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1213, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8D27

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 货 – see 貨 (“money and goods; property; goods; commodities; products; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 貨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.