物价 (wù jià)

Character breakdown

• 物 (wù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".

• 价 (jiè) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 介 represents the sound. Simplified form of 價.