価

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: あたい

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Value / Price / Worth

  • 価格かかく — price
  • 価値かち — value / worth
  • 定価ていか — fixed price
  • 評価ひょうか — evaluation / assessment
  • 時価じか — market price
  • 安価あんか — inexpensive
  • 高価こうか — high price
  • 物価ぶっか — cost of living

価 combines the person radical 亻 with 賈 (phonetic, “value” or “price”). It conveys the concept of worth or what something is valued at. Today, it is widely used in everyday vocabulary concerning economics, trade, and evaluation.

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