| Meaning |
to sell 売
|
| Explanation |
|
Used in these characters:
|
|
読
|
 |
|
JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
|
| read
yomu, DOKU, TOKU
言
売
儿
 |
|
Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: to sell 売 (A samurai 士 with two legs 儿 is behind a sales desk 冖 when: selling.)
Words are sold, for being read.
|
|
|
|
売
|
|
|
JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
|
| sell
|
From top: Samurai 士, a sales stand 冖 and legs 儿
The samurai is behind a sales desk, when he is selling sth.
|
|
|
|
続
|
|
|
JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
|
| continue, follow, series
tsuzuku, ZOKU
糸
売
|
|
Left: thread 糸, right: sell 売 (A Samurai 士 with two legs 儿 is behind a sales desk 冖 and sells.)
(Because threads are endless:) The threads are sold continuously.
|
|
|
|
殻
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
| husk, hull, (nut) shell
kara, KAKU
売
殳
|
|
Left from top: samurai 士, cover 冖, table 几 (or variation of: sell 売); right: 殳 (weapon 几 in a hand 又)
A samurai is at a table (covered with a table-cloth 冖) with his weapon in the hand and cracks the husks and shells.
|
|
|
| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
|
|
List of the characters |
List of the radicals
|
