売 means “sell”

うる · uru

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うる, うれる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

バイ

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 7 strokes

The story

A scholar (士) presenting something on legs (儿) with a crown: offering goods with pride and dignity. Japanese merchants (商人, shōnin) of the Edo period formed powerful trading houses like Mitsui and Sumitomo, building empires through 売買 (baibai, trade) that survive as modern corporations.

Used in 売買 (baibai, trade), 販売 (hanbai, sales), and 売り場 (uriba, sales floor)

More from Commerce & Trade

• 店 shop
• 銭 coin
• 品 goods
• 値 value
• 利 profit
• 商 commerce
• 税 tax
• 安 cheap
• 高 expensive
• 払 pay
• 収 income
• 富 wealth

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.