定価
ていか · teika · JLPT N2 · noun
monetary value
💴 定 = fixed, 価 = price: a price that is set and fixed in advance
定 (sadame) means fixed or settled; 価 (ka) means value or price. Together they name the price officially set by the maker or publisher.
定 — roof 宀 + 正 (correct/upright, phonetic)
Originally written with 宀 (roof) over 正 (upright/correct), suggesting a household settled and orderly under its roof. Over time 正 simplified to 㐬-like form at the bottom, and the meaning shifted from 'settled home' to the broader senses of 'fix, stable, decide.'