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| − | <WL>卖(F賣) [mài] sell | + | <WL>卖(F賣) [mài] sell; 贱买贵卖 buy low, sell high; 苹果怎么卖? How much are apples selling for?@@ [yù] cf. 賣/𧶠 |
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| − | + | The simple-form character 卖 (8 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 賣 (15 strokes), keeping the first 2 strokes (十), but replacing the last 13 strokes (including the last stroke of 士) with 买 (6 strokes). | |
| − | In the full-form character 賣 mài ‘sell’ | + | The simple-form character 卖 mài ‘sell’ has a shape like 十 shí ‘ten’ (2 strokes), short for 士 (the top 3 strokes in the full form), over 买 mǎi ‘buy’ (which is the simplified form of 買 mǎi ‘buy’). |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 卖/賣(𧷵) mài ‘sell’ combines | + | Note: In 卖, the top part 十 shí ‘ten’, rhymes with 实 shí ‘real/genuine’ (as in 货真价实 huòzhēnjiàshí ‘genuine goods [sold] at a fair price’). |
| − | Compare: 买/買 mǎi ‘buy’ (3rd tone), vs. 卖/賣 mài ‘sell’ (4th tone); | + | The full-form character 賣 mài ‘sell’ is itself an abbrev. of older more complex forms; in the full form 賣 the top looks like 士 shì, but that is short for 出 chū in the old forms. |
| − | Note: As phonetic, 卖/賣 is not really 賣(𧷵𧷓) mài ‘sell’ (GSR:1240e), but an old/obsolete character 𧶠(𧸇𧷏) yù ‘hawk/sell’ (GSR:1023a); 卖( | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 卖/賣(𧷵) mài ‘sell’ combines 出() chū ‘go out’ (as in 出口 ‘export’, for the out-going/exporting side of the deal), and 买/買(𧵽) mǎi ‘buy’ (phonosemantic): every seller needs a buyer, a market for the goods/services offered; and sellers are often re-sellers, of what they have previously netted/bought. |
| + | Note: In the modern full form 賣, the top component 士 shì is short for 出 chū in the old forms, as it is in 敖(𢾍) áo ‘wander (itinerant)’. | ||
| + | Compare: 买/買 mǎi ‘buy’ (3rd tone), vs. 卖/賣 mài ‘sell’ (4th tone); 买卖 mǎimai ‘enterprise’ (neutral tone), vs. (书) 买卖 mǎimài (4th tone). | ||
| + | Note: In the full form 賣, the old top component 出 was reduced to 士, and then further simplified to 十 in the simple form 卖 (出→士→十); the top of 士() shì is 十() shí, but 士 is not a trad. comp. of 賣 mài (nor is it a trad. comp. of 𧶠 yù). | ||
| + | Note: As phonetic component, 卖/賣 is not really 賣(𧷵𧷓) mài ‘sell’ (GSR:1240e), but an old/obsolete character 𧶠(𧸇𧷏) yù ‘hawk/sell’ (GSR:1023a); the character 卖/賣() mài ‘sell’ is not a component of any SW characters, but the comp. 卖/賣(𧶠) yù ‘hawk/sell’ serves as phonetic in 20 SW characters (cf. 𧶠); later exceptions: 𬑙/𥌚 mài, 𦏢 mài (cf. 覿, 瀆). | ||
Compare: 㱩/殰(), 椟/櫝(), 渎/瀆(𤄴), 牍/牘(), 犊/犢(), 窦/竇(𥩐), 续/續(), 读/讀(), 赎/贖(𧹎), 黩/黷(), 𪥿/嬻(). | Compare: 㱩/殰(), 椟/櫝(), 渎/瀆(𤄴), 牍/牘(), 犊/犢(), 窦/竇(𥩐), 续/續(), 读/讀(), 赎/贖(𧹎), 黩/黷(), 𪥿/嬻(). | ||
Compare: 𪻨/瓄, 𫧿/贕, 𬑙/𥌚, 觌/覿. | Compare: 𪻨/瓄, 𫧿/贕, 𬑙/𥌚, 觌/覿. | ||
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