貨

貨 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人心月山金 (OPBUC), four-corner 2480₆, composition ⿱化貝)

• 货

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36678
• Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3627, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8CA8

Historical forms of the character 貨
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋʷaːls) : phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls) + semantic 貝 (“shell, money”) – valuable goods.

Related to 訛 (OC *ŋʷaːl, “to change”), 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls, “to transform”) (Schuessler, 2007).

貨

1. (literary) money and goods; property

   殺人越貨／杀人越货  ―  shārényuèhuò  ―  to kill people for their property

   • 不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不贵难得之货，使民不为盗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Bù guì nándé zhī huò, shǐ mín bù wéi dào.

     ot to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves.

2. goods; commodities; products

   現貨／现货  ―  xiànhuò  ―  merchandise in stock

   百貨／百货  ―  bǎihuò  ―  general merchandise

   退貨／退货  ―  tuìhuò  ―  to return goods or merchandise

   今日會有批貨送到嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今日会有批货送到嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ jat⁶ wui⁵ jau⁵ pai¹ fo³ sung³ dou³ lai⁴.

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3. currency

   通貨／通货  ―  tōnghuò  ―  currency

   • 百姓憒亂，其貨不行，民私以五銖錢市買。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     百姓愦乱，其货不行，民私以五铢钱市买。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Bǎixìng kuìluàn, qí huò bù xíng, mín sī yǐ wǔ zhū qián shìmǎi.

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4. (derogatory) used to refer to a person

   吃貨／吃货  ―  chīhuò  ―  one who eats all day and does nothing

   蠢貨／蠢货  ―  chǔnhuò  ―  idiot

   • 光頭李，你什麼意思？這倆貨什麼玩意兒，我壓根就不認識！ [MSC, trad.]
     光头李，你什么意思？这俩货什么玩意儿，我压根就不认识！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015 August 22, 芦宏伟 (Lu Hongwei), 《没种就别出来混》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 30

     Guāngtóu Lǐ, nǐ shénme yìsī? Zhè liǎ huò shénme wányìr, wǒ yàgēn jiù bù rènshí!

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5. (Southern Min) thing; stuff
6. (obsolete) to bribe
7. (obsolete) to buy; to purchase
8. (obsolete) to sell

   • 有鄉人貨梨於市，頗甘芳，價騰貴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有乡人货梨于市，颇甘芳，价腾贵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1740, Pu Songling, 聊齋志異(Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio), Volume 1

     Yǒu xiāngrén huò lí yú shì, pō gān fāng, jià téng guì.

     There was a villager, selling pears in a market. The pears tastes quite sweet, but they are somewhat expensive.

9. a surname

• “貨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #7910”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kun: たから (takara, 貨)

• 硬貨(こうか) (kōka): coins
• 貨幣(かへい) (kahei): currency

From Middle Chinese 貨 (MC xwaH).

貨(か) • (ka) ^{←くわ (kwa)?}

1. currency
2. goods
3. treasure

貨 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

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貨: Hán Nôm readings: hóa/hoá

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