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売

売 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バイElem.
Kun (native)
  • う(る)Elem.
  • う(れる)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • うり
  • うる
  • め
Other languages
  • 拼音mai4
  • 한글mae
  • Hán-ViệtMại
  • Hán-ViệtXác
  • Hán-ViệtXạc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
士(さむらい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+58F2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𡉅儿

Words using this kanji

  • 売買ばいばい(ばいばい) 物を売る事と買う事。 (ばいばい)当事者の一方が財産権を相手に移転させ、その対価として相手が金銭を支払う契約および行為。 (ばいかい) 取り引きの売りと買いを組み合わせ、その差し引きした結果のこと。trade, buying and selling, trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs), dealing
  • 売り上げうりあげamount sold, sales, proceeds, takings
  • 売却ばいきゃく物品や不動産、事業などを売り払うこと。selling off, disposal by sale, sale
  • 売上高うりあげだか「うりあげだか」参照。sales, amount sold, proceeds
  • 売りうりうりを参照。sale, selling, selling point, gimmick
  • 売り場うりば「うりば」の漢字表記。selling area, counter, section, department
  • 売れ行きうれゆきsales, demand
  • 売るうるうる 参照to sell, to betray, to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.), to make (oneself) known
  • 売り物うりものうりものを参照。article for sale, goods for sale, offering, main attraction
  • 売春ばいしゅん金銭等を対価として、配偶者や恋人以外の不特定の相手と性交渉を持つこと。 金銭等を対価として、配偶者や恋人以外の特定または不特定の相手と性交渉を持つ。prostitution
  • 売り込みうりこみsales promotion, hard selling
  • 売店ばいてん駅や劇場、病院などの施設内に設置された商品を販売するための小規模な店舗。stand, stall, booth, kiosk
  • 売上金うりあげきんproceeds (from a sale), takings
  • 売り出すうりだすto put on the market, to put out for sale, to put on sale, to begin selling
  • 売り出しうりだし(bargain) sale
  • 売春婦ばいしゅんふ売春する女性。特に、生業として継続的に売春する女性。prostitute
  • 売り手うりて「うりて」の漢字表記。seller, vendor
  • 売り込むうりこむ「うりこむ」の漢字表記。to build a market for, to promote (a product), to sell, to become well known
  • 売国奴ばいこくど売国行為を行う者。traitor (to one's country), quisling
  • 売れるうれるうれるの漢字表記。to sell (well), to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
4021.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p4.3
Heisig
345
Nelson
1067