贾 jiǎ merchant
merchant; surname
怎么记住“贾”: 覀 pot lid + 贝 sea shell = merchant. At the children's beach market, a boy lifts the pot lid on his sand soup and charges one sea shell a bowl, a born merchant.
部件结构
贾 = 覀 pot lid + 贝 sea shell
- 覀 pot lid
- 贝 sea shell
At the children's beach market, a boy lifts the pot lid on his sand soup and charges one sea shell a bowl, a born merchant.
用法
- A merchant (literary) - 商贾 (shānggǔ): merchants/traders (富商大贾 wealthy merchants). Note the reading gǔ in this sense.
- Read jiǎ it is a common surname (贾宝玉 in Dream of the Red Chamber). The 'merchant' meaning is archaic/literary.