价

jià

price

value; (chemistry) valence

person (亻) + sound (介) = the price a person sets

The person radical anchors the meaning in human exchange — what one person offers another for goods. 介 mainly contributes the sound jià; the meaning lives in the human side.

亻+介→价
亻PersonSemantic
介To lie betweenPhonetic

这件衣服的价格太高了。

zhè jiàn yīfu de jiàgé tài gāo le。

The price of this piece of clothing is too high.

他们正在谈这批货的价钱。

tāmen zhèngzài tán zhè pī huò de jiàqian。

They are negotiating the price of this batch of goods.

Words with 价

三价

sān jià

trivalent

要价

yào jià

to ask a price; to charge

无价

wú jià

invaluable

压价

yā jià

to depress prices

市场价

shì chǎng jià

market price

涨价

zhǎng jià

to appreciate (in value)

性价比

xìng jià bǐ

cost-performance ratio

砍价

kǎn jià

to bargain

比价

bǐ jià

to compare prices; to compare offers

造价

zào jià

construction cost

进价

jìn jià

opening price

运价

yùn jià

fare

More characters with 亻

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