TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
價值
ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄓˊ · jiàzhí
noun — value; worth
字源 FORM — what the parts do
價price (價格的價)jià人 (person) at left; 賈 jiǎ (merchant) gives the sound (drifted to jià) — the price a merchant offers
值worth; value; to be worth (值得的值)zhí人 (person) at left; 直 zhí (straight/upright) gives the sound and meaning — what an upright person honestly deems it is worth
價值，價格的價，值得的值。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
商人（人＋賈＝價）喊出標價；直人（人＋直＝值）心中有真值——標價與真值之間，就是價值。
The merchant (價, person+賈) names a price. The upright one (值, person+直) knows what it honestly is worth. The gap between the ask and the honest measure is where 價值 lives.
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