貨物

かもつ · kamotsu · JLPT N2 · noun

cargo

📦 貨 = goods (shell-money radical 貝) + 物 = thing; cargo is goods plus things

貨 carries the shell radical 貝, because shells were early money, so it means goods or currency. 物 means thing. Together they name the goods being shipped.

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