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<WL>卖(F賣) [mài] sell (苹果怎么卖? How much are apples selling for?); 贱买贵卖 buy low sell high@@ [yù] cf. 賣/𧶠 | <WL>卖(F賣) [mài] sell (苹果怎么卖? How much are apples selling for?); 贱买贵卖 buy low sell high@@ [yù] cf. 賣/𧶠 | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 卖/賣(𧷵) mài ‘sell’ combines 买/買(𧵽) mǎi ‘buy’ | + | In the simple-form character 卖 mài ‘sell’, the bottom part is 买 mǎi ‘buy’ (phonetic), and the top looks like 十 shí ‘ten’ (short for 士 in the full form). |
| − | Compare: 买 | + | In the full-form character 賣 mài ‘sell’, the bottom is 買 mǎi ‘buy’, and the top looks like 士 shì (short for 出 in old forms; cf. 敖/𢾍). |
| − | Note: As phonetic, 卖/賣 is not really 賣(𧷵𧷓) mài ‘sell’ (GSR:1240e), but | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 卖/賣(𧷵) mài ‘sell’ combines 买/買(𧵽) mǎi ‘buy’ (phonosemantic), and 出() chū ‘go out’ (as in 出口 ‘export’, for the out-going/exporting side of the deal); old 出 was reduced to 士 in the full form 賣, and then further simplified to 十 in the simple form 卖 (the top of 士 is 十 in SW). |
| + | Compare: 买/買 mǎi ‘buy’ (3rd tone), vs. 卖/賣 mài ‘sell’ (4th tone); but in the word 买卖 mǎimai ‘enterprise’, the last syllable has neutral tone. | ||
| + | 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(賣) mài is not a component of any Shuōwén characters, but 卖(𧶠) yù is phonetic in 20 (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: 𪻨/瓄, 𫧿/贕, 𬑙/𥌚, 觌/覿. | ||
#rW.78e,161d,79j K.AD702,1336a D.1.65.1 B.074.1.04 E.0 | #rW.78e,161d,79j K.AD702,1336a D.1.65.1 B.074.1.04 E.0 | ||
#c十买土乛头 | #c十买土乛头 | ||
#y maaih- | #y maaih- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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