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Kanji Detail for 価 - "price, value"

価

  • Meaning

    価 means "price, value." Also associated with to deserve.

    1. Price - The cost of something; monetary value.

    2. Value - Worth; the importance of something.

    3. Deserve - To be worthy of; to merit.

  • Words using 価

    • 価格 かかく Listen price; value; cost
    • 株価 かぶか Listen stock prices
    • 評価 ひょうか Listen valuation; appraisal; evaluation
    • 価値 かち Listen value; worth; merit
    • 地価 ちか Listen the price of land
    • 物価 ぶっか Listen prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
    • 価値観 かちかん Listen sense of values; values; value system
    • 有価証券 ゆうかしょうけん Listen marketable securities; stocks and bonds

  • Four-character idioms with 価

    • 利用価値 りようかち Listen utility value
    • 過小評価 かしょうひょうか Listen underestimation; undervaluation
    • 希少価値 きしょうかち Listen scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
    • 過大評価 かだいひょうか Listen overestimation; overrating; overvaluing

  • Tattoo check: 価

    • Verified meaning: price, value
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to deserve

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    value; price

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    price, value

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 價|价

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

    ke(ケ) ケ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ata.i(あたい) あたい

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    price value to deserve worth appraisal assessment charge cost estimation evaluation expense fee importance merit monetary rate tariff

Sentences including 価

  • The museum is worth a visit.

  • This book has a certain value.

  • I think it's worth asking.

  • I can't buy a book this expensive.

  • This is worth one million yen.

  • It is worth your time to read this book.

  • I have a high opinion of him.

  • It's worth a try.

  • The prices will come down.

  • I had good opinion of her.

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