贾 jiǎ merchant
merchant; surname
怎么记住“贾”: 覀 west + 贝 sea shell = merchant. At the children's beach market on the west side of the bay, a boy sells sand soup for one sea shell a bowl, a born merchant.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
贾 = 覀 west + 贝 sea shell
- 覀 west sound
- 贝 sea shell meaning
At the children's beach market on the west side of the bay, a boy sells sand soup for one sea shell a bowl, a born merchant.
How it came to be
The shell gives the meaning and the top part gives the sound.
用法
- A merchant (literary): 商贾 (shānggǔ): merchants/traders (富商大贾 wealthy merchants). Note the reading gǔ in this sense.
- Read jiǎ it is a common surname (贾宝玉 in Dream of the Red Chamber). The 'merchant' meaning is archaic/literary.