売

音読おんよみ: バイ

訓読くんよみ:・うれる

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: さむらい(士)

Meaning

To Sell / Be Sold

Conjugation
Tap for 売る (sell) Tap for 売れる (sell well; be sold)
  • げ — sales / revenue
  • — sales counter / department
  • 販売はんばい — sales / selling
  • 発売はつばい — release (for sale) / product launch
  • 商売しょうばい — business / trade
  • 自動販売機じどうはんばいき — vending machine

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売 is a core “commerce” kanji you’ll see everywhere — stores, ads, receipts, and business talk. It appears in daily words like 売店 and 売上, and the pair 売る / 売れる is especially useful because it separates “action” from “result.”

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