Chinese Character 卖 Meanings and components.

Form

卖

Meaning

卖 meaning[3] in English

To Sell.

To Betray.

To Spare No Effort.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ten (十) , and to buy (买)

Its radical[1] is: 十 (shi2) which means: Ten, 10, .十shi2ten

In cangjie it is written with JNYK

How to write 卖

To write卖mai4to sell you should write a combination of 十shi2ten , 买mai3to buy arranged in a 吕 shape:

十 + 买 = 卖

卖 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卖 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卖, looks as follow:

卖
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sell . To Betray . To Spare No Effort . To Show Off Or Flaunt
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
买
Pinyin:mai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]
头
Pinyin:tou2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Head . Hair Style . The Top . End . Beginning Or End . A Stub . Remnant . Chief . Boss . Side . Aspect . First . Leading . Classifier For Pigs Or Livestock . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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