Read Edit View history 賈 gǔJiǎ merchant, trade Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 襾 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 贾 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賈 Simp strokes 賈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China, shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賈 Simp strokes 賈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 賈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 306, 798 ], [ 361, 790 ], [ 524, 815 ], [ 614, 836 ], [ 646, 839 ], [ 669, 834 ] ], [ [ 191, 668 ], [ 218, 650 ], [ 235, 618 ], [ 271, 499 ] ], [ [ 243, 669 ], [ 265, 658 ], [ 598, 715 ], [ 698, 727 ], [ 746, 723 ], [ 772, 700 ], [ 781, 675 ], [ 716, 554 ], [ 713, 538 ] ], [ [ 362, 767 ], [ 390, 749 ], [ 398, 737 ], [ 410, 579 ], [ 397, 561 ] ], [ [ 528, 788 ], [ 565, 764 ], [ 537, 605 ], [ 517, 578 ] ], [ [ 287, 511 ], [ 302, 525 ], [ 632, 572 ], [ 688, 575 ] ], [ [ 319, 461 ], [ 346, 434 ], [ 352, 407 ], [ 353, 297 ], [ 342, 204 ], [ 343, 140 ] ], [ [ 375, 447 ], [ 388, 438 ], [ 602, 483 ], [ 624, 475 ], [ 647, 452 ], [ 656, 441 ], [ 649, 347 ], [ 654, 220 ], [ 646, 133 ] ], [ [ 379, 341 ], [ 392, 351 ], [ 516, 371 ], [ 544, 373 ], [ 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676 484 628 504 Q 612 510 589 501 Q 514 471 365 451 C 335 447 349 416 378 423 Q 379 424 382 424 Q 490 449 568 462 Q 595 468 604 453 Q 617 437 617 383 Q 621 229 614 199 Q 613 198 612 195 L 611 174 Z", "M 375 334 Q 379 333 393 334 Q 490 347 562 356 Q 584 359 577 372 Q 567 387 541 392 Q 517 396 375 360 C 346 353 345 336 375 334 Z", "M 375 250 Q 384 249 396 250 Q 492 263 562 272 Q 584 275 577 288 Q 567 303 541 308 Q 517 312 375 275 C 346 267 345 252 375 250 Z", "M 361 149 Q 365 149 371 150 Q 446 165 607 174 Q 608 175 611 174 C 635 175 634 175 612 195 Q 605 202 590 212 Q 574 222 543 215 Q 449 196 369 185 C 339 181 331 146 361 149 Z", "M 394 121 Q 378 61 219 -40 Q 194 -53 224 -53 Q 293 -57 418 39 Q 449 64 465 74 Q 478 84 477 95 Q 476 110 449 122 Q 421 137 407 136 Q 398 135 394 121 Z", "M 571 86 Q 617 32 673 -44 Q 688 -66 703 -73 Q 712 -74 721 -65 Q 736 -53 727 -5 Q 724 37 649 80 Q 601 107 575 119 Q 566 126 563 112 Q 562 99 571 86 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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