沽
gū
#3,485 most
frequent character
to buy, to sell
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
沽 joins 氵 water, the picture part, with 古 gǔ, whose tone differs. Water gives the first meaning, the old name of a river in Héběi. The senses 'to buy' and 'to sell' were borrowed later for the sound alone.
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