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Kotomora

貿

trade, exchange

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ボウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

貿 centers on the movement of goods or value between parties: trading and exchanging. The idea is a two-way transfer, not just giving or receiving.

Most common words using 貿

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  • 貿易ぼうえき
    N4

    (foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting

  • 保護貿易ほごぼうえき

    protective trade

  • LT貿易エルティーぼうえき

    LT Trade Agreement (1962); Memorandum Concerning Sino-Japanese Long-Term Comprehensive Trade

  • サービスの貿易に関する一般協定サービスのぼうえきにかんするいっぱんきょうてい

    General Agreement on Trade in Services; GATS

  • スイッチ貿易スイッチぼうえき

    switch trade

  • ロシア東欧貿易会ロシアとうおうぼうえきかい

    Japan Association for Trade with Russia & Central-Eastern Europe (ROTOBO)

  • 三角貿易さんかくぼうえき

    trilateral trade

  • 世界貿易機関せかいぼうえききかん

    World Trade Organization (Organisation); WTO

  • 中継貿易なかつぎぼうえき

    transit trade; entrepôt trade

  • 互恵貿易ごけいぼうえき

    reciprocal trade

  • 交換貿易制こうかんぼうえきせい

    barter system

  • 仲介貿易ちゅうかいぼうえき

    intermediary trade; trade conducted via an agency

  • 保護貿易主義ほごぼうえきしゅぎ

    protectionism

  • 内貿ないぼう

    domestic commerce; internal trade

  • 加工貿易かこうぼうえき

    processing trade

  • 勘合貿易かんごうぼうえき

    licensed trade between Japan and Ming dynasty China during the Muromachi period

  • 南蛮貿易なんばんぼうえき

    Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)

  • 反対貿易風はんたいぼうえきふう

    antitrade winds

  • 国内貿易こくないぼうえき

    domestic commerce; internal trade

  • 国連貿易開発会議こくれんぼうえきかいはつかいぎ

    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

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Etymology

貿 combines 貝 (shell, used as currency) with a phonetic element that also suggests exchange. The historical development of the upper part is uncertain, but the character is associated with trade and barter.

Meaning mnemonic

The bottom is 貝 (shell money), and the top looks like a person handing something over. Picture shells changing hands in a trade.

Reading mnemonic

For ボウ, imagine a bow (as in bow and arrow) being traded for shells: bow -> ボウ, and the exchange is made.