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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