価 means “price, value”

か · ka

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あたい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カ, ケ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 5 · 8 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside what looks like west (西) but is a cut-down 賈, the old word for a merchant: someone naming a price. 価格 is the price, 物価 the cost of living, and 評価 is valuing something, a grade or a review.

Used in 価格 (kakaku, price), 物価 (bukka, cost of living), and 評価 (hyouka, evaluation)

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