货
goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #398 U+8D27
How 货 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “money”) + 化 (phonetic, huà)
How to remember it
commodities · Heisig RSH #834
化 transform + shells
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 化
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 化 (huà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化 sound component | huà | to change, to convert, to reform; -ize |
| 华 | huá | flowery; illustrious; Chinese |
| 靴 | xuē | boots |
| 讹 | é | to swindle, to cheat; wrong, error; falsehood |
Words containing 货
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一手交钱，一手交货 | yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom); fig. to pay for what you wa… |
| 一路货色 | yī lù huò sè | (idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same cl… |
| 一分钱一分货 | yī fēn qián yī fēn huò | you get what you pay for |
| 小货车 | xiǎo huò chē | small truck; light truck |
| 货比三家 | huò bǐ sān jiā | to shop around (idiom) |
| 运货马车 | yùn huò mǎ chē | cargo wagon |
| 出口货 | chū kǒu huò | exports; goods for export |
| 大路货 | dà lù huò | staple goods |
| 一路货 | yī lù huò | see 一路貨色|一路货色[yi1 lu4 huo4 se4] |
| 二水货 | èr shuǐ huò | used goods; second hand goods |
| 二手货 | èr shǒu huò | second-hand goods; used goods |
| 国货 | guó huò | domestically produced goods |
| 水货 | shuǐ huò | smuggled goods; unauthorized goods |
| 无货 | wú huò | out of stock; product unavailable |
| 外来货 | wài lái huò | imported product |
| 货运卡车 | huò yùn kǎ chē | freight truck |
| 货机 | huò jī | cargo plane |
| 行货 | háng huò | goods sold through official distribution channels; (old) crudely-made goods |
| 发货 | fā huò | to dispatch; to send out goods |
| 理货员 | lǐ huò yuán | shop assistant; warehouse assistant |