價

Translingual

Traditional	價
Shinjitai	価
Simplified	价

Han character

價 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人一田金 (OMWC), four-corner 2128₆, composition ⿰亻賈)

Related characters

価 (Japanese shinjitai)
价 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1163
Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 224, character 5
Unihan data for U+50F9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 價
Small seal script s05921
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (襾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
賈	kraːʔ, kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟	*kraːʔ
價	*kraːs
覀	*qʰraːʔ
襾	*qraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 賈 (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ, “sell”).

Etymology 1

trad.		價
simp.		价^*

Perhaps related to 賈 (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ, “to sell”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җя (ži͡a, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ka
Jin (Wiktionary): jia³
Northern Min (KCR): ga̿
Eastern Min (BUC): gá
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor⁴ / ga⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kè / kèe / kà

(Teochew, Peng'im): gê³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jià
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jià
  - Wade–Giles: chia⁴
  - Yale: jyà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
  - Palladius: цзя (czja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (價兒／价儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàr
  - Wade–Giles: chia⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiall
  - Palladius: цзяр (czjar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җя (ži͡a, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa³
  - Yale: ga
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ka
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ka⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jia³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕia⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ga̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gor⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁴²/

Note:

gor4 - vernacular;
ga4 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
  - Tâi-lô: kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ke²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèe
  - Tâi-lô: kèe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà
  - Tâi-lô: kà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ka²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- kè - vernacular;
- kà - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: gê³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kè
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke²¹³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ka
  - MiniDict: ka^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ka
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³⁴/

Middle Chinese: kaeH

Rime
Character	價
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古訝切
Baxter	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ka^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ka^H/
Wang Li	/ka^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤ<r>aʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	價
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jià
Middle Chinese	‹ kæ^H ›
Old Chinese	/C.qˁ<r>aʔ-s/ (or mə.qˁ<r>aʔ-s?)
English	price
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	價
Reading #	1/1
No.	14202
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駕
Old Chinese	/*kraːs/
Notes	見管子

Definitions

價

Synonyms

(price):

Dialectal synonyms of 價錢 (“price; cost”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		價
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		價格, 價錢, 價目
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	價錢, 價兒, 價碼兒
	Taiwan	價錢
	Langfang	價錢
	Chengde	價錢, 價格
	Chifeng	價錢, 價格
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	價錢
	Heihe	價錢, 價格
	Qiqihar	價錢, 價格
	Harbin	價錢, 價碼兒, 價碼
	Jiamusi	價錢, 價格
	Baicheng	價錢, 價格
	Changchun	價錢
	Tonghua	價錢
	Shenyang	價錢, 價格
	Jinzhou	價錢, 價兒, 價格
	Singapore	價錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	價錢, 價兒
	Tangshan	價錢, 價格
	Cangzhou	價錢
	Baoding	價錢, 價兒
	Shijiazhuang	價錢
	Lijin	價錢
	Jinan	價錢, 價兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	價錢
	Dandong	價錢, 價格
	Yantai	價錢, 價兒
	Yantai (Muping)	價錢
	Qingdao	價錢
	Zhucheng	價錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	價錢, 價格
	Jining	價錢
	Daming	價錢
	Wanrong	價錢
	Linfen	價錢
	Shangqiu	價錢, 價格
	Yuanyang	價錢, 價格
	Zhengzhou	價錢
	Xinyang	價錢
	Baihe	價錢
	Xi'an	價錢, 價格
	Baoji	價錢, 價格
	Tianshui	價錢
	Xining	價錢
	Xuzhou	價錢, 價兒
	Fuyang	價錢, 價格
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	價錢
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	價錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	價錢, 價格
	Lanzhou	價錢, 價格
	Dunhuang	價錢, 價格
	Hami	價格
	Ürümqi	價錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	價錢
	Nanchong	價錢, 價格
	Dazhou	價錢
	Hanyuan	價錢
	Xichang	價錢
	Zigong	價錢
	Chongqing	價錢
	Wuhan	價錢, 價格
	Yichang	價錢, 價格
	Xiangyang	價錢
	Tianmen	價錢, 價格
	Guiyang	價錢
	Zunyi	價錢
	Bijie	價錢
	Liping	價錢
	Zhaotong	價錢
	Dali	價錢
	Kunming	價錢, 價格
	Mengzi	價錢
	Guilin	價錢
	Liuzhou	價錢
	Jishou	價錢
	Changde	價錢
	Hanzhong	價錢, 價格
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	價錢, 價格
	Yangzhou	價錢, 價格, 價碼子
	Lianyungang	價錢, 價
	Lianshui	價錢
	Nantong	價錢
	Anqing	價錢, 價格, 價
	Wuhu	價錢
	Hefei	價錢
	Hong'an	價錢, 價格, 價
Cantonese	Hong Kong	價錢
Gan	Nanchang	價錢
Gan	Pingxiang	價錢
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	價數, 價錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	價數, 價錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	價數, 價錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	價數, 價錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	價數, 價錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	價數
Huizhou	Jixi	價錢
Huizhou	Shexian	價錢, 價格
Jin	Taiyuan	價錢
	Yangyuan	價錢, 價格
	Datong	價錢
	Xinzhou	價錢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	價錢, 價格
	Changzhi	價錢
	Linhe	價錢, 價格
	Jining	價錢
	Hohhot	價錢
	Erenhot	價錢, 價格兒
	Pingshan	價錢
	Zhangjiakou	價錢
	Handan	價錢, 價格, 價格兒
	Linzhou	價錢
	Suide	價錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	價錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	價聲, 價數, 價錢
	Quanzhou	價跤, 價錢
	Jinjiang	價跤
	Zhangzhou	價聲, 價錢
	Penang (Hokkien)	價錢
	Manila (Hokkien)	價跤, 價錢
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	價數
	Leizhou	價錢
	Haikou	價錢
Wu	Shanghai	價鈿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	價鈿
	Hangzhou	價鈿, 價錢
	Ningbo	價鈿
	Jinhua	價鈿
Xiang	Changsha	價錢

(value): 價值／价值 (jiàzhí)
(valence): 化合價／化合价 (huàhéjià)

Descendants

→ Lao: ຄ່າ (khā)
→ Thai: ค่า (kâa)
→ Zhuang: gyaq

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		價
simp.		价^*
alternative forms		介

See 介.

Pronunciation

Wu (Hangzhou, Wugniu): ⁵ka

Wu
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ka
  - MiniDict: ka^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kɑ⁴⁵/

Definitions

價

(Hangzhounese) Alternative form of 介 (“so, such”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 這麼 (“this; so; such (modifies adj.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如此
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如此
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	這麼
	Taiwan	這麼
	Harbin	這麼
	Malaysia	這樣
	Singapore	這樣, 這麼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	這麼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	這麼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	陣
	Wanrong	這麼
	Xi'an	這們, 陣
	Xining	這們
	Xuzhou	恁麼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	這麼
	Lanzhou	這們
	Ürümqi	這麼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	這們, 這麼, 嘞們
	Wuhan	這麼, 這樣, 這個樣子
	Guiyang	仲個
	Guilin	這樣
	Liuzhou	陣, 哏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	這麼, 這樣子
	Yangzhou	這們
	Nantong	格麼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咁
	Hong Kong	咁
	Foshan	咁
	Taishan	該
	Dongguan	呢咁, 咁
	Yunfu	咁
	Yangjiang	果樣, 拱
	Xinyi	咁
	Nanning	咁
	Wuzhou	咁
	Yulin	咁
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	果
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咁
	Penang (Guangfu)	咁
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咁
Gan	Nanchang	箇
	Lichuan	該樣
	Pingxiang	箇, 箇史
Hakka	Meixian	恁
	Xingning	恁, 咁
	Huidong (Daling)	恁, 咁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	咁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	咁
	Changting	仰
	Wuping	恁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	恁
	Liancheng	樣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	恁
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	咁
	Senai (Huiyang)	恁
	Kuching (Hepo)	恁
Huizhou	Jixi	爾的
Jin	Taiyuan	這來
Jin	Xinzhou	這啦, 這麼, 這來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𱕇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	只滿, 只
	Fuqing	者滿
	Singapore (Fuqing)	者滿
Southern Min	Xiamen	遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Quanzhou	拙, 拙幹
	Jinjiang	拙, 拙爾, 障, 障爾
	Zhangzhou	遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Tainan	遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按呢
	Manila (Hokkien)	奐, 現, 喝, 遐, 遮, 拙
	Chaozhou	照, 照生
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	照
	Singapore (Teochew)	只生
	Leizhou	偌
	Haikou	只, 者
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	更
Wu	Shanghai	搿能, 搿能介, 搿個能, 介, 實能 dated, 實個能 dated
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	迭能
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	若介, 實介, 能, 能介
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	迭個能
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	迭能
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	格末, 格能介, 着介
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	介
	Shanghai (Jiading)	實恁
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	實倫
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	特能, 迭能, 實能
	Shanghai (Chongming)	能
	Suzhou	該實梗, 該尚, 哀實梗, 哀尚, 實梗, 尚
	Danyang	根
	Hangzhou	價套, 價, 實價套, 實價
	Ningbo	介
	Wenzhou	該恁, 恁
	Jinhua	帳, 格生, 格亨, 喪
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	絞麼
Xiang	Changsha	咯樣
Xiang	Quanzhou	這麼

Etymology 3

trad.		價
simp.		价^*

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎ (qia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻia³
  - Yale: chyǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chea
  - Palladius: ця (cja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/

Definitions

價

Only used in 㒑價／㒑价 (kuǐqiǎ).

Etymology 4

trad.		價
simp.		价^*
alternative forms		家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jie, ga (jie⁵／jie⁰, ga⁵／ga⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄐㄧㄝ, ˙ㄍㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jie
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jie̊
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁵
  - Yale: jye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .jie
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛ/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ga
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄍㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gå
  - Wade–Giles: ka⁵
  - Yale: ga
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ga
  - Palladius: га (ga)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /g̊ä/

Definitions

價

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- 1936, 張寒暉, 《松花江上》 (“Along the Songhua River”)
  流浪！流浪！整日價在關內，流浪！ [MSC, trad.]
  流浪！流浪！整日价在关内，流浪！ [MSC, simp.]
  Liúlàng! Liúlàng! Zhěngrì jia zài guānnèi, liúlàng! [Pinyin]
  [I] wander! [I] wander! Day after day in Guannei, [I] wander!
- 2000, 雪村 and 梁歡, The opening theme of 《閒人馬大姐》
  不甘心從此歇菜成天價鍋碗兒瓢盆兒 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
  不甘心从此歇菜成天价锅碗儿瓢盆儿 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
  bù gānxīn cóngcǐ xiēcài chéngtiān jie guōwǎnrpiáopénr [Pinyin]
  [She] doesn't want to be done with now and do kitchen work all day long

References

“價”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “价”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 103.

Japanese

Shinjitai	価
Kyūjitai	價

Kanji

價

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 価)

worth, value

Readings

Go-on: け (ke)
Kan-on: か (ka)
Kun: あたい (atai, 價)

Korean

Hanja

價 (eumhun 값 가 (gap ga))

hanja form^? of 가 (“price; value”)

Compounds

가치 (價値, gachi, “worth; value”)

Tày

Noun

價 (chá)

Nôm form of chá (“price”).

Vietnamese

Han character

價: Hán Nôm readings: giá

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