株価

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 株価, read かぶか, and it combines 株, meaning stock or share, with 価, meaning price or value.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 株価 is the market price of a share in a particular company.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Trading price rather than total company value
  • Both examples use the form 株価. It focuses on the market price formed for a unit of stock rather than directly naming the value of all company assets.
• Change over time and a rise after results
  • 一か月の株価の変化を折れ線グラフで表しました。 — We plotted one month of changes in the stock price on a line graph.
  • ある会社の業績が発表されると、株価が上昇しました。 — The company's stock price rose after its results were announced.