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贸

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commerce; trade

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
9
Radical
貝 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
貿
Common rank
#1,354
Unicode
U+8D38

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 贸 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 卯 sound ( mǎo )

Components 卯 贝

How to remember it

trade · Heisig RSH #1106

letter opener + shells

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 贸

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

WordPinyinMeaning
广东外语外贸大学 Guǎng dōng Wài yǔ Wài mào Dà xué Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
国家军品贸易管理委员会 Guó jiā Jūn pǐn Mào yì Guǎn lǐ Wěi yuán huì State Administration Committee on Military Products Trade (SACMPT)
对外经济贸易大学 Duì wài Jīng jì Mào yì Dà xué University of International Business and Economics
世贸中心大楼 Shì mào Zhōng xīn Dà lóu World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
世界贸易中心 Shì jiè Mào yì Zhōng xīn World Trade Center
国家军品贸易局 Guó jiā Jūn pǐn Mào yì jú State Bureau of Military Products Trade (SBMPT)
首都经贸大学 Shǒu dū Jīng mào Dà xué Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing
首都经济贸易大学 Shǒu dū Jīng jì Mào yì Dà xué Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)
贸易保护主义 mào yì bǎo hù zhǔ yì trade protectionism
贸易中心 mào yì zhōng xīn trade center; shopping mall
自贸区 zì mào qū abbr. for 自由貿易區|自由贸易区[zi4 you2 mao4 yi4 qu1]
公平贸易 gōng píng mào yì fair trade
中国国际贸易促进委员会 Zhōng guó Guó jì Mào yì Cù jìn Wěi yuán huì China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
加工贸易 jiā gōng mào yì process trade; trade involving assembly
无形贸易 wú xíng mào yì invisibles (trade)
自由贸易区 zì yóu mào yì qū free trade zone; free trade area
对外贸易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade
集市贸易 jí shì mào yì market trade
农贸市场 nóng mào shì chǎng wet market
香港贸易发展局 Xiāng gǎng Mào yì Fā zhǎn jú Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
卯 sound part mǎo 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
柳 liǔ willow tree; pleasure; surname
聊 liáo somewhat, slightly, at least
铆 mǎo rivet
昴 mǎo one of the 28 constellations
茆 mǎo water mallow
峁 mǎo yellow dirt mount
泖 mǎo still water; a river in Jiangsu province