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, 𠿪, 𭞼, 𭢤, 𣿦, 𲆀, 檟, 𥋣, 䜖, 𫠎, 𨞝, 𭯦, 𪆲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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 / 形声, OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ): phonetic 襾 (OC *qraːs) + semantic 貝 (“shellfish”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ké / ká / kée

(Teochew, Peng'im): gia²

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): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa²
  - Yale: gá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: kaeX

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
Baxter	kaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ka^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ka^X/
Wang Li	/ka^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka^X/
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

a surname
賈平凹／贾平凹 ― Jiǎ Píngwā ― Jia Pingwa (one of China's most popular authors)
Used in transcription.
賈斯廷／贾斯廷 ― Jiǎsītíng ― Justin

賈里德／贾里德 ― Jiǎlǐdé ― Jared

賈森·基德／贾森·基德 ― Jiǎsēn Jīdé ― Jason Kidd

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with 酤 (OC *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ, “to buy alcoholic drink”), 沽 (OC *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs, “to buy or sell”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gu²

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu²
  - Yale: gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: kuX

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
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ko^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ko^X/
Wang Li	/ku^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo^X/
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	‹ ku^X ›
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

merchant
to trade; to do business
(literary) to buy
(literary) to lead to; to incur; to bring about
(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
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 (gǔrén)
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 (gǔhú)
賈舶 / 贾舶
賈豎 / 贾竖
賈豎子 / 贾竖子
餘勇可賈 / 余勇可贾 (yúyǒngkěgǔ)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

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): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa³
  - Yale: ga
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/

Middle Chinese: kaeH

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
Baxter	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ka^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ka^H/
Wang Li	/ka^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka^H/
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	‹ kae^H ›
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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 價 / 价 (“price; value”)

Compounds

善賈 / 善贾 (shànjià)
善賈而沽 / 善贾而沽

Japanese

Kanji

賈

(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)

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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