zhí

price

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

直 sound component

  Sound component

zhí

  

straight

Evolution

值 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
值 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhí

price; value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty

Most common words with 值
Freq.
Word
Meaning

值得

to be worth

价值

value

value

值钱

valuable

值班

on duty