売 — sell | My Kanji

うる売 sell

U+58F2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 4 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 4 level. Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes Freq #202 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #345 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sell

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う u Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

売(う) る uru to sell 売(う) れる ureru to sell 売(う) り上(あ) げ uriage sales 売(う) り場(ば) uriba sales counter

うり uri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

売(うり) 上(あげ) uriage sales 小(こ) 売(うり) kouri retail 読(よみ) 売(うり) 新(しん) 聞(ぶん) yomiurishinbun Yomiuri Shimbun 読(よみ) 売(うり) yomiuri Yomiuri (newspaper)

ばい bai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

販(はん) 売(ばい) hanbai sales 発(はつ) 売(ばい) hatsubai release 商(しょう) 売(ばい) shoubai business 売(ばい) 却(きゃく) baikyaku sale

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

売(ばい) 買(ばい) baibai buying and selling

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

売(ばい) 買(ばい) baibai buying and selling

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Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Kangxi Radical

士

#33

scholar, warrior

Building Blocks

し士 samurai #33

冖 cover

儿 human legs

Compound ideograph (会意). 士 (scholar) above 冖 (cover) and 儿 (legs). Originally depicted goods displayed for purchase. To sell. Simplified from 賣.

Used as component in (1)

よ読 read

Visually similar

か買 buy

Meanings

word

う u Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

うり uri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ばい bai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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