貿
trade, exchange
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
20 of 88- 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)
Study
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.