TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
貨
ㄏㄨㄛˋ · huò
noun — goods, merchandise; commodity
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Thuà → huò — same sound, tone shifts
A cowrie (貝), the old money, under 化 — what money turns into and out of: goods. 化 huà carries the sound, tone dropping to huò, and its sense of changing hands. From the traded thing: 貨物、貨幣、百貨.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
錢（貝）一轉手（化），就換成了貨。
Money (貝) changes hands (化) — and turns into goods.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)財貨、貨物— wealth; goods常用
→貨幣— currency, money常用
→百貨、貨車— merchandise; a goods truck
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension