证 券 交 易 所

zhèngquànjiāoyìsuǒ

stock exchange

Traditional 證券交易所

Meaning

zhèngquànjiāoyìsuǒzheng4 quan4 jiao1 yi4 suo3

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zhèng · to prove, to verify; certificate, proof

Radical 讠 · 7 strokes · Parts 讠正

Ideographic: To speak 讠 the truth 正; 正 also provides the pronunciation

quàn · bond, certificate, deed; ticket; contract

Radical 刀 · 8 strokes · Parts 龹刀

Pictophonetic: knife

jiāo · to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix

Radical 亠 · 6 strokes · Parts 六乂

Ideographic: A person with crossed (intersecting) legs

yì · to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy

Radical 日 · 8 strokes · Parts 日勿

suǒ · place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

Radical 户 · 8 strokes · Parts 户斤

Ideographic: An axe 斤 swung at a door 户

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.