TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
貿
貿 ＝ 貝 ＋ 卯
ㄇㄠˋ · mào
verb — to trade, to barter — adv — rashly, without thought (貿然)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卯聲gives the soundmǎo — drifted to mào
Tmǎo → mào — tone shifted off the donor
Goods (貝) swapped for goods — to barter, to trade. 卯 carries the sound mǎo, tipped to mào. The everyday sense is commerce: 貿易 trade, 經貿 economy and trade, 外貿 foreign trade. In 貿然 it stretches to acting without weighing it — trading blind.
意 · Meanings
(本義)貿、貿易— to trade, to barter常用
→經貿、外貿— commerce, trade
→貿然— rashly, without thinking常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
卯mǎothe sound it carries — 卯 alone is the fourth earthly branch; 貿 adds for to trade貫＝ 毌 ＋ guànthe lookalike — 貫 threads a string 毌 through ; 貿 sets over for barter