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: 士(さむらい)

Meaning

To Sell / Be Sold

Conjugation
Tap for 売る (sell) Tap for 売れる (sell well; be sold)
  • 売店ばいてん — kiosk / stall
  • 販売はんばい — selling / sales
  • 売上うりあげ — sales amount
  • 商売しょうばい — business / trade
  • 売却ばいきゃく — sale / selling off
  • 売買ばいばい — buying and selling / trade
  • 売春ばいしゅん — prostitution
Compound - tap to expand
  • す — to put on sale; to launch
  • はらう — to sell off; to dispose of
  • む — to pitch; to aggressively market
  • れる — to sell out
  • わたす — to sell and hand over
  • あるく — to peddle; to sell while walking
  • さばく — to sell briskly; to move merchandise efficiently

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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