涨价
zhǎng​jià HSK5

rise in price

涨 zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 张 represents the sound. Simplified form of 漲.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

张
张 Sound component
zhāng stretch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

价 jià price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 介 represents the sound. Simplified form of 價.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

介
介 Sound component
jiè to lie between

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːds

說文解字

《說文》：“价，善也。从人，介聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

漲 zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

張
張 Sound component
zhāng stretch

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋ
taŋʔ
taŋs
Unicodedzhiɑ̀ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

價 jià price Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 賈 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

賈
賈 Sound component
merchant, trade

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaeHC.qˤ<r>aʔ-s (or *mə.qˤ<r>aʔ-s?)price

說文解字

《說文新附》：“價，物直也。从人、賈，賈亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)