Memory phrase for the character: 贾

贾

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Meaning

merchant, to buy

Pronunciation

gǔ, jiǎ

Explanation

 Top: west 西 (sun moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west), bottom: money 贝/貝

Mnemonic
 
A bag (= 西) with a handle (= 一) from the west and money has the: merchant.

Radicals

西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.




 Vocabulary

豆蓉包 dòu róng bāo  
贾谊 Jiǎ Yì  Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
贾谊 Jiǎ Yì  
商贾 shāng gǔ  merchant
贾平凹 Jiǎ Píng wā  Jia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist
贾平凹 Jiǎ Píng wā  

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