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Kotomora

価

value, price

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes8

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

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  • 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

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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.