Question

貨 たから 通貨(つうか): currency貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets外貨(がいか): (1) foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange (2) foreign goods; imported goods硬貨(こうか): (1) coin (2) hard currency貨幣(かへい): money; currency; coinage雑貨(ざっか): miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries銅貨(どうか): copper coin 4 化: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization貝: shellfish 貝 7 (none) freight This is a freight train that runs on spare change. Imagine getting on the freight train with a bunch of spare change. You put in some change and it starts up...goes for a few minutes, then starts to slow down. You look at the slot..there´s actually a slot for spare change and one for regular shells. Your call, but it seems to prefer spare change over shells.

Accepted Answer

カ freight, goods, property 2 822 11 154 かい・かいへん・こがい 形声 Phonetic Freight is the shells (money) paid to change the location of something big. Don´t confuse with the similar 賃 fare (#1004).

Kanji	貨
Onyomi	カ
Kunyomi	たから
English	freight, goods, property
Examples	通貨(つうか): currency 貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets 外貨(がいか): (1) foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange (2) foreign goods; imported goods 硬貨(こうか): (1) coin (2) hard currency 貨幣(かへい): money; currency; coinage 雑貨(ざっか): miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries 銅貨(どうか): copper coin
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	822
Components	化: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization 貝: shellfish
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	貝
Radical Number	154
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	かい・かいへん・こがい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	freight
Koohii Story 1	Freight is the shells (money) paid to change the location of something big. Don´t confuse with the similar 賃 fare (#1004).
Koohii Story 2	This is a freight train that runs on spare change. Imagine getting on the freight train with a bunch of spare change. You put in some change and it starts up...goes for a few minutes, then starts to slow down. You look at the slot..there´s actually a slot for spare change and one for regular shells. Your call, but it seems to prefer spare change over shells.

Freight Foreign Change Spare Goods Currency Money Coin