貿

音読おんよみ: ボウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: かい(貝)

Meaning

Trade / Exchange / Commerce

  • 貿易ぼうえき — trade (esp. international)
  • 自由貿易じゆうぼうえき — free trade
  • 貿易会社ぼうえきがいしゃ — trading company
  • 貿易赤字ぼうえきあかじ — trade deficit
  • 貿易黒字ぼうえきくろじ — trade surplus
  • 貿易港ぼうえきこう — trading port
  • 貿易摩擦ぼうえきまさつ — trade friction

貿 combines 貝 (money/shell) with 卯 (phonetic), pointing to exchanging valuables. It chiefly appears in compounds about global commerce.

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