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The character for price or value, now written as "价" in its simplified form, derives from the traditional character "價", a composition that integrates the radical "人" indicating person with the component "賈" representing merchant or trade, thereby etymologically grounding the term in human commerce and valuation. This structural basis was modified to create the simpler "价", which pairs "人" with "介", an element potentially carrying phonetic clues or connotations of mediation, thus preserving the idea of an assessed worth established through interaction. Although the visual connection to mercantile activity present in "賈" is absent in the simplified version, the semantic core pertaining to the cost or esteem of an item has remained stable across its literary and colloquial application.
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这个价格很便宜。
商品的价格很高。
你知道价钱吗？
我们需要评估价值。
这个比那个价钱更合理。
如果价格合适，我就买下来。
这家公司注重性价比。
在市场经济中，价格由供求关系决定。