売

See also: 壳, 賣, and 卖

売 U+58F2, 売 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F2 ← 壱 [U+58F1] CJK Unified Ideographs 壳 → [U+58F3]

売 U+2F85A, 売 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85A ← 𡓤 [U+2F859] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 壷 → [U+2F85B]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)

Traditional	賣
Shinjitai	売
Simplified	卖

Glyph origin

Simplified from 賣.

Han character

売 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 土月竹山 (GBHU) or 難土月竹山 (XGBHU), composition ⿳士冖儿)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 壳, which has a slightly different component and one more stroke on the bottom. (売 has 儿, while 壳 has ⿱一几.)

Derived characters

• 読, 続, 㸿, 涜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 243, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5647
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 428, character 2
• Unihan data for U+58F2

• Unihan data for U+2F85A

Chinese

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 売 – see 賣 (“to sell; to betray; to sell out; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 賣).

Japanese

Shinjitai	売
Kyūjitai	賣

Kanji

売

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 賣)

1. to sell

Readings

• Go-on: め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: まい (mai)
• Kun: うれる (ureru, 売れる, Jōyō)、うる (uru, 売る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 売(ばい)却(きゃく) (baikyaku)
• 売(ばい)国(こく) (baikoku)
• 売(ばい)春(しゅん) (baishun)
• 売(ばい)女(た) (baita)
• 売(ばい)買(ばい) (baibai)
• 売(ばい)名(めい) (baimei)
• 売(まい)僧(す) (maisu)
• 商(しょう)売(ばい) (shōbai)
• 転(てん)売(ばい) (tenbai)

Antonyms

• 買

Derived terms

• 売(う)る (uru)