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The character 价 is the simplified form of the traditional character 價, a phono-semantic compound related to value and exchange. Its traditional structure places the person radical 亻 on the left for meaning, with 賈 on the right providing the sound. The component 賈 itself contains the cowrie shell radical 貝, symbolizing money or trade. Originally, 价 referred to the price of goods negotiated between people, a meaning that later broadened to include abstract worth and the chemical concept of valence. The simplified character 价 retains the person radical 亻 but substitutes the complex right side with the simpler character 介, which serves purely as a phonetic component, reducing the stroke count while maintaining the same pronunciation.
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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。