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价

jie

3 readings · tap one to hear it

price; value; (chemistry) valence

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
6
Radical
人 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
价
Common rank
#413
Unicode
U+4EF7

Sound it out + + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 价 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 亻 介

How to remember it

price · Heisig RSH #795

人 person + 介 introduce

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 价

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
有价无市 yǒu jià wú shì (idiom) having an asking price but few or no buyers
价电子 jià diàn zǐ valency electron; outer shell of electrons
一口价 yī kǒu jià fixed price; take-it-or-leave-it price
化合价 huà hé jià valence (chemistry)
不二价 bù èr jià one price for all; fixed price
市场价 shì chǎng jià market price
不变价格 bù biàn jià gé fixed price; constant price
一价 yī jià monovalent (chemistry)
市价 shì jià market price
性价比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio
成交价 chéng jiāo jià sale price; negotiated price; price reached at auction
地价 dì jià land price
无价 wú jià invaluable; priceless
物价指数 wù jià zhǐ shù price index
天价 tiān jià extremely expensive; sky-high price
电价 diàn jià price of electricity
地板价 dì bǎn jià floor price; rock-bottom price
无价之宝 wú jià zhī bǎo (idiom) priceless treasure
高价 gāo jià high price
三价 sān jià trivalent

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 介 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
介 sound part jiè agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
界 jiè boundary, limit; domain; society, the world
阶 jiē stairs, steps; degree, rank
芥 jiè mustard, broccoli
尬 gà awkward, embarrassed; to limp, to stagger
疥 jiè scabies; to itch
蚧 jiè horny toad; red-spotted lizard