値

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ね・あたい

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Price / Value / Worth / Cost

  • 値段ねだん — cost / price tag
  • 数値すうち — numerical value
  • 価値かち — worth / merit
  • 値引ねびき — discount
  • 高値たかね — high price
  • あたい — value

The radical 亻 (person) on the left shows it relates to human concerns or actions. The right part 直 (straight/direct) provides the sound チ and sense of straightforwardness. Together, 値 expresses direct human value or cost.

この商品しょうひん値段ねだんわりしつがいいです。
This product has good quality for its price.

そのたかあたいけられました。
The painting was assigned a high value.

価
Forms
価値かち — worth / merit
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