# 貨 — currency; freight

貨 means “currency; freight”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: カ (ka). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: currency; freight
- On'yomi: カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Money & trade 2

## How to remember 貨

Sounds like 化: both read カ.

Parts: 化 change · 貝 shell; money

## Don't confuse it with

[傾](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tilt/) · [貸](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/lend/) · [側](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/side/) · [頃](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/around-a-time/)

## More in the “Money & trade 2” set

[貨](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/currency/) · [賃](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rent/) · [預](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/deposit/) · [貯](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/save-up/) · [貧](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/poor/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/currency/. Last updated 2026-11-01.