価
value, price
Readings
On'yomi
- カ
- ケ
Kun'yomi
- あたい
Meaning
価 centers on the worth of something, expressed as its value or price.
Most common words using 価
24 of 413- 評価ひょうかN3
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging
- 価値かちN3
value; worth; merit
- 価格かかくN3
price; value; cost
- 株価かぶか
stock prices
- 高価こうかN3
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
- 定価ていかN3
list price; regular price; established price
- 安価あんか
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive
- 創価学会そうかがっかい
Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)
- 物価ぶっかN4
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
- 単価たんか
unit price; unit cost
- 対価たいか
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
- 原価げんか
cost price
- 廉価れんか
low price; moderate price
- 地価ちかN1
the price of land
- 時価じか
current value; price; market value
- 等価とうかN1
equivalence; equal value; parity
- 真価しんかN1
true value; real worth
- 薬価やっか
drug price; cost of medicine
- 米価べいかN1
rice price
- 価値観かちかん
sense of values; values; value system
- 有価証券ゆうかしょうけん
marketable securities; stocks and bonds
- 低価格ていかかく
low price
- 小売価格こうりかかく
retail price
- 卸売物価おろしうりぶっか
wholesale price
Study
Etymology
価 is the modern simplified form of 價. The older form combines 亻 (person) with 賈, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of trading or pricing. The modern right side 覀 is a simplification that does not carry the original historical meaning.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside a container 覀: imagine a merchant setting a price on a jar of goods. The person and the container together represent value.
Reading mnemonic
For カ, picture a car with a price tag hanging from the mirror: car -> カ, and the price shows its value.