売 · to sell

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

売 means to sell. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 7 strokes, read うる or ばい. It is built from 2 parts: 士 (gentleman, scholar), 買 (buy). It appears in 売る (to sell (v.t.)) and 売り場 (place where things are sold).

筆順 · Stroke order

売 is written in 7 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

売 breaks into 2 parts.

• 士 semantic gentleman, scholar · top carries the meaning
• 買 other buy · bottom component

Words that use 売

Word	Reading	Meaning
売る	うる	to sell (v.t.)
売り場	うりば	place where things are sold
売上	うりあげ	amount sold / proceeds

Built from the same parts

These use 士 or 買 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

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