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賈

简贾 · 繁賈

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ#

merchant
to buy

Mandarin · pinyin Jiǎ#

surname Jia

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賈: Look up this written character
贾: jiǎ · surname; merchant; buy, trade

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3 · gu3

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gaa2 · gaa3 · gu2

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character · Etymology 1

a surname
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character · Etymology 2

merchant
to trade; to do business
(literary) to buy
(literary) to lead to; to incur; to bring about
(literary) to sell

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 價 /价 (“price; value”)

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