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How do you read 廉価 in Japanese?
A price that is easy on the budget.
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It describes a low price, and can appear in the name of a lower-priced edition of a book.
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kanji with 兼 under the 广 radical
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Japanese word with 广 over 兼 and 亻 beside a shape like 西
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廉: 13 strokes; radical 广 (shelter). 価: 8 strokes; radical 人 (person). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
廉13 strokes / radical: 广 (shelter)
価8 strokes / radical: 人 (person)
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The answer is
れんか
renka
廉価
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English translationLow price / inexpensive
A low price, or the quality of being inexpensive. It appears in expressions such as 廉価な品 and 廉価で手に入る.
See it in a sentence
読みたかった写真集が廉価で手に入り、家でゆっくりページをめくった。I found the photo book I had wanted at a low price and browsed it slowly at home.
A way to remember
廉 is read ren. Its resemblance to 兼, read ken, can be misleading: the word is renka.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 廉価 ／ Digital Daijisen: 廉価版 (Kotobank)
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A word about price
Use 廉価な製品 when describing a product, or 廉価で購入した when explaining a purchase. 廉価版 refers to a lower-priced edition.
例：装丁の違う廉価版が出たので、読書会の参加者にも紹介した。
A lower-priced edition with a different binding came out, so I told the reading-group members about it.
Price alone does not describe quality
廉価 directly describes a low price. The word alone does not establish that the item is poor quality. Add specific information if you also want to describe its quality or features.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 廉価 ／ Digital Daijisen: 廉価版 (Kotobank)
Explanation checked on 2026-10-26. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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