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貨 — 11 strokes / Radical「貝」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 11 strokes / Radical「貝」
On
カか · ka
Kun
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Meaning
goods, money, freight

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phonetic-semantic character. The shell radical 貝 (money, valuables) gives the meaning, and 化 supplies the sound. It relates to money and goods.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka貨物かもつ貨幣かへい通貨つうか

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貨物かもつ

    freight, cargo

  • 通貨つうか

    currency

More words with this kanji

  • 硬貨こうか
  • 貨幣かへい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

港(みなと)に大(おお)きな貨物(かもつ)船(せん)が入(はい)ってきた。

A big cargo ship came into the harbor.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

貨物通貨貨物thing通to pas…賀congra…貝shellf…負to los…貞chaste貢tribut…加to add果fruit課lesson下down火fire
CompoundRadicalReading

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