貨
freight, goods, property
Readings
On'yomi
- カ
Kun'yomi
- たから
Meaning
貨 centers on tangible items of value that are moved or owned: goods transported as freight, or property as possessions.
Most common words using 貨
20 of 159- 通貨つうかN2
currency
- 貨物かもつN2
cargo; freight
- 雑貨ざっかN1
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
- 百貨店ひゃっかてんN1
department store
- 硬貨こうかN3
coin
- 金貨きんか
gold coin
- 貨幣かへいN1
money; currency; coin
- 外貨がいかN1
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange
- 銀貨ぎんか
silver coin
- 銅貨どうか
copper coin
- 貨車かしゃN1
freight car; van
- 阪急百貨店はんきゅうひゃっかてん
Hankyu Department Store
- 貨客船かきゃくせん
combined cargo and passenger ship
- 財貨ざいか
commodity; property
- 百貨ひゃっか
all kinds of goods
- 悪貨あっか
bad money
- 貨幣価値かへいかち
currency value
- 基軸通貨きじくつうか
key currency
- 貨物船かもつせんN1
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
- ばら積み貨物ばらづみかもつ
bulk cargo
Study
Etymology
貨 combines 化 (change, transform) with 貝 (shell, money), suggesting goods or property that can be exchanged or transformed into value.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 化 suggests change, and the bottom 貝 is a shell (ancient money). Picture goods changing hands as shells are exchanged: freight and property are things of value that move.
Reading mnemonic
For カ, imagine a cargo of goods being loaded onto a car: car -> カ, and the freight is ready to go.