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賈

jiǎ, gǔ

merchant, trade

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

Components
襾 sound component

襾  Sound component

yà

  

cover

貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

Evolution

賈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
賈 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
賈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
賈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

贾 (賈) 

jiǎ

surname; merchant; buy, trade

贾 (賈) 

Jiǎ

surname Jia

贾 (賈) 

gǔ

to buy

Most common words with 賈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贾

merchant

贾庆林

Jia Qinglin (1940-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2002-2012

内贾德

abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德

商贾

merchant

贾宝玉

Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

價

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qˤaʔ

kuX

gǔ

merchant; do business

*C.qˤ<r>aʔ-s (or *mə.qˤ<r>aʔ-s?)

kaeH

jià

price


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.7230% of movies

1880th most common character in movies

2051st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

贾

Unicode

U+8CC8

Shuowen

“賈，賈市也。从貝，襾聲。一曰坐賣售也。”


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