| Chinese Text Project |
| 貨 U+8CA8 |  Seal script | 䞈 Semantic variant | 货 Simplified character | 𣱷 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 貝+ 4 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.421#1 Kangxi: p.1205#12 Cihai: p.1270r4c01 GSR: 19.c Hanyu: v6,p3627#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 化, bottom: 貝. |
| Mandarin: | huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ |
| Cantonese: | fo3 |
| Shuowen: | 《貝部》貨：財也。从貝化聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·過·貨》貨：財也，蔡氏化淸經曰貨者化也，變化反易之物故字有化也。呼臥切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·貝部·四》貨：〔古文〕䞈𣱷《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤呼臥切，火去聲。《說文》財也。《廣韻》貨者，化也。變化反易之物，故字有化也。《易·繫辭》日中爲市，致天下之民，聚天下之貨，交易而退。《書·洪範》八政，二曰貨。《傳》貨，寶用物。《周禮·天官·大宰》商賈阜通貨賄。《註》金玉曰貨。《前漢·食貨志》貨，謂布帛可衣及金刀龜貝，所以分財布利通有無者也。又賂也。《左傳·僖二十八年》晉侯有疾，曹伯之豎侯獳貨筮史，使曰：以曹爲解。《註》貨，猶賂也。又《玉篇》貨，賣也。《六書故》作𧴦。 |
| Fanqie: | 呼臥 (《廣韻·去聲·過·貨》) |
| Unihan definition: | goods, commodities, products |
Example usage
| 《論語·先進》: | 賜不受命，而貨殖焉，億則屢中。 |
| Ci does not acquiesce in the appointments of Heaven, and his goods are increased by him. Yet his judgments are often correct. | |
| 《孟子·萬章下》: | 《康誥》曰：『殺越人于貨，閔不畏死，凡民罔不譈。』 |
| In "The Announcement to Kang" it is said, "When men kill others, and roll over their bodies to take their property, being reckless and fearless of death, among all the people there are none but detest them" | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 貧者不以貨財為禮，老者不以筋力為禮。 |
| Goods and wealth are not to be expected from the poor in their discharge of the rules of propriety; nor the display of sinews and strength from the old. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 珍其貨而後市，修其身而後交，善其謀而後動成道也。 |
| To refine one's goods and then go to market; To cultivate oneself and then make friends; To perfect one's plans and then act— [This is] the dao of success. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢中》: | 故先王言曰：『貪於政者「不能分人以事，厚於貨者不能分人以祿。』」 |
| Therefore an ancient king said: "He who is too ambitious in government will not share his tasks with others. He who over-treasures wealth will not offer big emoluments to others." | |
| 《莊子·德充符》: | 不貨，惡用商？ |
| He has no goods to dispose of; what need has he to play the merchant? | |
| 《道德經》: | 不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜。 |
| Not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 下賣權，非忠臣也，而為之者，以末貨也。 |
| Selling power to inferiors is not proper for a loyal minister, but those who thus act do so for the sake of insignificant presents. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 夫鈍兵，挫銳，屈力，殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣！ |
| Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 縉云氏有不才子，貪于飲食，冒于貨賄，天下謂之饕餮。 |
| Jinyun had a son devoid of ability, who was greedy in eating and drinking, and pursued wealth blindly. All the people called him Taotie (Glutton). | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 仁義禮善之於人也，辟之若貨財粟米之於家也，多有之者富，少有之者貧，至無有者窮。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 喪事有賵者，蓋以乘馬束帛輿馬曰賵，貨財曰賻，水被曰襚，口實曰唅，玩好曰贈。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 舉賢良，進茂才，官得其能，任得其力，賞有功，封有德，出貨財，振困乏，使四方。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 傳曰：以從俗為善，以貨財為寶，以養性為己為道，是民德也，未及於士也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 夫二子者，居河濟之間，非有土地之厚、貨粟之富也，言為文章、行為表綴於天下。 |
| 《白虎通德論》: | 貨則通而不計，共憂患而相救。 |
| 《新書·銅布》: | 銅不布下，畢歸於上，上挾銅積以御輕重，錢輕則以術斂之，錢重則以術散之，則錢必治，貨物必平矣，四。 |
| 《新序·節士》: | 秦國患之，使張儀之楚，貨楚貴臣上官大夫靳尚之屬，上及令子闌，司馬子椒。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 以利之有盈縮而棄其資貨者，非良賈也。 |
| 《孔子家語·儒行解》: | 儒有委之以貨財而不貪，淹之以樂好而不淫，劫之以眾而不懼，阻之以兵而不攝。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 商賈者，以通貨為本，以鬻奇為末。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 白圭、子貢，轉貨致富，積累金玉。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄棿》: | 古者寶龜而貨貝，後世君子易之以金弊，國家以通，萬民以賴。 |
| 《風俗通義·十反》: | 端木結駟以貨殖，顏回屢空而弗營。 |
| 《孔叢子·居衛》: | 耆老曰：『欲得菽粟財貨。』 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 十曰議錢貨。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 貨賂公行者昧。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·漢津賦》: | 導財運貨，懋遷有無。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 夫金玉珍寶穀帛財貨，人之所聚，豈天之所與？ |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 故臨貨分財使仁，犯患應難使勇，受言結辭使辯，慮事定計使智，理民處平使謙，賓奏贊見使禮，用民獲眾使賢，出封越境適絕國使信，制天地御諸侯使聖。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 積惠重貨，使萬民欣欣，人樂其生者，仁也。 |
| 《列仙傳·昌容》: | 坐臥奇貨，惠及孤賤。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 不貴難得之貨，言人君不御好珍寶，黃金棄於山，珠玉捐於淵也。 |
| 《韓非子·孤憤》: | 其修士不能以貨賂事人，恃其精潔，而更不能以枉法為治，則修智之士，不事左右，不聽請謁矣。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 黃金刀布者，民之通貨也，先王善制其通貨，以御其司命，故民力可盡也。 |
| 《吳子·論將》: | 貪而忽名，可貨而賂。 |
| 《六韜·六守》: | 商一其鄉，則貨足。 |
| 《尉繚子·武議》: | 夫殺人之父兄，利人之財貨，臣妾人之子女，此皆盜也。 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 九日，葉公入，乃發大府之貨以予眾，出高庫之兵以賦民，因而攻之。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·聽言》: | 今人曰：「某氏多貨，其室培濕，守狗死，其勢可穴也」，則必非之矣。 |
| 《鬼谷子·內揵》: | 或結以道德，或結以黨友，或結以財貨，或結以采色。 |
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