Memory phrase for the character: 貨

貨

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Meaning

freight, cargo, goods

Pronunciation

KA

Explanation

 Top: change 化 (From a standing person 亻into a sitting person 匕 is a change.), bottom: money 貝 (Image of a shell 目 with two feelers 八)

Mnemonic
 
(Ex-)change money for freight.

Radicals

化 changeFrom a standing person 人 = 亻 into a sitting person 匕 is a change.
貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.




 Vocabulary

貨 か  goods, cargo, currency
百貨店 ひゃっかてん  department store
貨物 かもつ  cargo, freight
通貨 つうか  currency
外貨 がいか  imported goods, foreign money
硬貨 こうか  coin
貨幣 かへい  money, currency, coinage
雑貨 ざっか  miscellaneous goods, sundries

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