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货

huò

goods

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貨.

Components
化 sound component

化  Sound component

huà, huā

  

change

贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

Evolution

货 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
货 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
货 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

货 (貨) 

huò

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

Most common words with 货
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[qī​huò​hé​yuē], futures contract (finance)

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 39.9327% of movies

899th most common character in movies

818th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

貨

Unicode

U+8D27


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