The story of 貨

commodity, sell

貨 is composed of 化(change) and 貝(shell). 化 depicts two men, while one man stands, another man stands upside-down, 貝 means money here, so 貨 has the meaning of transformable property or property’s transformation, means selling or commodity.

Vocabulary of 貨

  • 貨車 (truck)
  • 貨倉 (warehouse)
  • 假貨 (counterfeit)

Classification

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