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. [Pinyin]

     [N]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. [Jyutping]

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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. [Pinyin]

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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! [Pinyin]

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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. [Pinyin]

     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 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(grade 4 “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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