貨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

huò

goods

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

化 Sound component

huà, huā

change

貝 Meaning component

bèi

sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huò

goods, commodities, products; goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 貨

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	货	goods
	货车	truck
	货币	currency
	蠢货	blockhead
	期货	abbr. for 期貨合約\|期货合约[qīhuòhéyuē], futures contract (finance)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʷʰˤaj-s	xwaH	huò	(movable) property, goods

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 39.9327% of movies

899th most common character in movies

818th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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