Hanja Analyzer
貨

貨 — hwa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
재물 화
Romanization
hwa
English
goods, commodities, products
Mandarin
huò
Japanese on'yomi
カ
Japanese kun'yomi
たから
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#822 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
貝 (154, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
化
Unicode
U+8CA8

Parts that make up 貨

  • 化 될 화sound 바로 선 사람과 거꾸로 선 사람바뀌는 일. ‘화’ 계열의 소리
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 貨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 貨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 化, 貝.

Korean example words with 貨

  • 한화韓貨 Korean gloss: 한국 돈
  • 구화舊貨 Korean gloss: 예전의 돈
  • 생화生貨 Korean gloss: 장사를 함
  • 화주貨主 Korean gloss: 화물의 임자
  • 금화金貨 Korean gloss: 금으로 만든 돈
  • 은화銀貨 Korean gloss: 은으로 만든 돈
  • 착화着貨 Korean gloss: 짐이 도착함. 또는 그 짐
  • 화차貨車 Korean gloss: ‘화물 열차’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 물화物貨 Korean gloss: 물품과 재화(財貨)를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 보화寶貨 Korean gloss: 썩 드물고 귀한 가치가 있는 보배로운 물건
  • 주화鑄貨 Korean gloss: 쇠붙이를 녹여 화폐를 만듦. 또는 그 화폐
  • 법화法貨 Korean gloss: 법률상 강제 통용력과 지불 능력이 주어진 화폐

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 貨

  • 通貨つうか currency
  • 百貨店ひゃっかてん department store
  • 貨物かもつ cargo; freight; money or assets
  • 外貨がいか foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange
  • 雑貨ざっか miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
  • 硬貨こうか coin; hard currency
  • 貨幣かへい money; currency; coin
  • 金貨きんか gold coin
  • 貨車かしゃ freight car; van
  • 銀貨ぎんか silver coin
  • 貨幣価値かへいかち currency value
  • 基軸通貨きじくつうか key currency

Characters sharing the phonetic 化

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “화”

Other hanja with radical 貝

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences