售

shòu
#1,112 most
frequent character
to sell

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

售 has 口 (mouth) as the meaning part; 隹 is now empty, shortened from 雔 chóu, which once marked the sound. Its original meaning was 'to sell.'

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Homophones

HSK 3
瘦shòu
tight, thin, lean
受shòu
be subjecte, suffer, receive
兽shòu
beast, animal, beastly, bestial
授shòu
(bound form) to confer, to give
寿shòu
long life, old age, age, life

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