賈

賈

See also: 贾

賈 U+8CC8, 賈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CC8 ← 資 [U+8CC7] CJK Unified Ideographs 賉 → [U+8CC9]

賈 U+F903, 賈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F903 ← 車 [U+F902] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 滑 → [U+F904]

Translingual

Han character

賈 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田月山金 (MWBUC), four-corner 1080₆, composition ⿱覀貝)

Derived characters

• 價, 檟

References

• KangXi: page 1208, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36755
• Dae Jaweon: page 1672, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3637, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8CC8
• Unihan data for U+F903

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Chinese

trad.		賈
simp.		贾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (襾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賈	*kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟	*kraːʔ
價	*kraːs
覀	*qʰraːʔ
襾	*qraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ) : phonetic 襾 (OC *qraːs) + semantic 貝 (“shellfish”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǎ (Jia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ké / ká / kée

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Chia³
    • Yale: Jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jea
    • Palladius: Цзя (Czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa²
    • Yale: gá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké
    • Tâi-lô: ké
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká
    • Tâi-lô: ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kar
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ka⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kée
    • Tâi-lô: kée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁵³/

Note:

• ké - vernacular;
• ká/kée - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠa^X/

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古疋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/kaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨX/
Li Rong	/kaX/
Wang Li	/kaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	1/3
No.	14199
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檟
Old Chinese	/*kraːʔ/

Definitions

賈

1. a surname

   賈平凹／贾平凹  ―  Jiǎ Píngwā  ―  Jia Pingwa (one of China's most popular authors)

Compounds

斯里賈亞瓦德納普拉科特／斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉科特 (Sīlǐ Jiǎyàwǎdénàpǔlā Kētè)

賈巴爾普爾／贾巴尔普尔

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuo^X/

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賈
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁaʔ/
English	merchant; do business
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	3/3
No.	14205
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

賈

1. merchant
2. to trade; to do business
3. (literary) to buy
4. (literary) to lead to; to incur; to bring about
5. (literary) to sell

Usage notes

In ancient China, 賈／贾 (gǔ) specifically refers to non-travelling merchants and 商 (shāng) specifically refers to travelling ones.

Compounds

商賈／商贾 (shānggǔ) 善賈／善贾 (shàngǔ) 坐賈／坐贾 多財善賈／多财善贾 多錢善賈／多钱善贾 大腹賈／大腹贾 (dàfùgǔ) 大賈／大贾 (dàgǔ) 富商大賈／富商大贾 (fùshāngdàgǔ) 待賈／待贾 服賈／服贾

直言賈禍／直言贾祸 行賈／行贾 衒玉賈石／衒玉贾石 賈人／贾人 賈人渡河／贾人渡河 賈儈／贾侩 賈儒商秀／贾儒商秀 賈利／贾利 賈勇／贾勇

賈客／贾客 賈怨／贾怨 賈田／贾田 賈禍／贾祸 (gǔhuò) 賈胡／贾胡 賈舶／贾舶 賈豎／贾竖 賈豎子／贾竖子 餘勇可賈／余勇可贾 (yúyǒngkěgǔ)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jià
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴
    • Yale: jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³
    • Yale: ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠa^H/

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古訝切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨH/
Li Rong	/kaH/
Wang Li	/kaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤ<r>aʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賈
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jià
Middle Chinese	‹ kaeH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁ<r>aʔ-s/ (or *mə.qˁ<r>aʔ-s?)
English	price
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	2/3
No.	14201
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駕
Old Chinese	/*kraːs/

Definitions

賈

1. ^† Alternative form of 價／价 (jià, “price; value”).

Compounds

善賈／善贾 (shànjià)

善賈而沽／善贾而沽

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Japanese

Kanji

賈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku); け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka); こ (ko)
• Kun: あきない (akinai, 賈い); あきなう (akinau, 賈う); うる (uru, 賈る); かう (kau, 賈う)

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Korean

Hanja

賈 • (ga, go) (hangeul 가, 고, revised ga, go, McCune–Reischauer ka, ko, Yale ka, ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賈: Hán Nôm readings: cổ, giá, giả, giớ

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