货

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goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 化 sound ( huà )

Components 化贝

commodities · Heisig RSH #834

化 transform + shells

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一手交钱，一手交货	yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò	lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom); fig. to pay for what you wa…
一路货色	yī lù huò sè	(idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same cl…
一分钱一分货	yī fēn qián yī fēn huò	you get what you pay for
小货车	xiǎo huò chē	small truck; light truck
货比三家	huò bǐ sān jiā	to shop around (idiom)
运货马车	yùn huò mǎ chē	cargo wagon
出口货	chū kǒu huò	exports; goods for export
大路货	dà lù huò	staple goods
一路货	yī lù huò	see 一路貨色\|一路货色[yi1 lu4 huo4 se4]
二水货	èr shuǐ huò	used goods; second hand goods
二手货	èr shǒu huò	second-hand goods; used goods
国货	guó huò	domestically produced goods
水货	shuǐ huò	smuggled goods; unauthorized goods
无货	wú huò	out of stock; product unavailable
外来货	wài lái huò	imported product
货运卡车	huò yùn kǎ chē	freight truck
货机	huò jī	cargo plane
行货	háng huò	goods sold through official distribution channels; (old) crudely-made goods
发货	fā huò	to dispatch; to send out goods
理货员	lǐ huò yuán	shop assistant; warehouse assistant

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
化 sound part	huà	to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
华	huá	flowery; illustrious; Chinese
靴	xuē	boots
讹	é	to swindle, to cheat; wrong, error; falsehood