TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
價
價 ＝ 亻 ＋ 賈
ㄐㄧㄚˋ · jià
noun — price, value
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
賈聲jiǎ — gives the sound, and the trade: the merchantgoods under cover (襾) over the cowrie 貝
Tjiǎ → jià — tone only; as the merchant, 賈 reads gǔ
A person (亻) beside 賈, the merchant — goods under cover above the cowrie 貝. 賈 gives both the trade and the sound, jiǎ worn to jià. What the person and the merchant settle between them is the price.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
貨擺開，人（亻）問多少——賈人伸出三根手指。
The goods laid out, the buyer (亻) asks how much — the merchant (賈) holds up three fingers.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)價錢、價格— the price常用
→價值— value — what the price points at
→評價— appraisal — a price put into words
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
賈gǔthe merchant inside — gǔ trading, jiǎ as the surname值＝ ＋ 直zhíthe partner in 價值