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U+8CC8, 賈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC8

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+F903, 賈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F903

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 154, +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田月山金 (MWBUC), four-corner 10806, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36755
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1672, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3637, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8CC8

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ) : phonetic (OC *qraːs) + semantic (shellfish).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ké - vernacular;
  • ká/kée - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨX/
Li
Rong
/kaX/
Wang
Li
/kaX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3
No. 14199
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːʔ/

Definitions

  1. a surname
      ―  Jiǎ Píngwā  ―  Jia Pingwa (one of China's most popular authors)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Cognate with (OC *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ, “to buy alcoholic drink”), (OC *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs, “to buy or sell”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3
Initial () (28)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɔX/
Li
Rong
/koX/
Wang
Li
/kuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gu2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qˁaʔ/
English merchant; do business

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/3
No. 14205
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

  1. merchant
  2. to trade; to do business
  3. (literary) to buy
  4. (literary) to lead to; to incur; to bring about
  5. (literary) to sell

Usage notes

In ancient China, () specifically refers to non-travelling merchants and (shāng) specifically refers to travelling ones.

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨH/
Li
Rong
/kaH/
Wang
Li
/kaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jià
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jià
Middle
Chinese
‹ kaeH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qˁ<r>aʔ-s/ (or *mə.qˁ<r>aʔ-s?)
English price

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3
No. 14201
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːs/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (price; value)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

(ga, go) (hangeul , , revised ga, go, McCune–Reischauer ka, ko, Yale ka, ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cổ, giá, giả, giớ

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