物美价廉 wùměijiàlián

HSK level

Traditional form

物美價廉

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ

物 wù

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

勿 wù

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

Positional decomposition

⿰牛勿

Number of Strokes

美 Měi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwar resembling sheep horns.

Positional decomposition

⿱羊大

Number of Strokes

价 jià

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

介 jiè

Positional decomposition

⿰亻介

Number of Strokes

廉 lián

Positional decomposition

⿸广兼

Number of Strokes

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