The kanji 売: meaning, readings and stroke order
売
- Meaning
- sell
- On reading
- バイ bai
- Kun reading
- う(る) uru、う(れる) ureru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 scholar, bachelor
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 賣
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bán (mại)
- Japanese
- うる。
- Korean
- 팔다 (매)
- Chinese
- 卖
Readings, words and example sentences
バイ bai · on reading
売店
shop, stand
売店で 紙を 買います。
I buy paper at the shop.
う(る) uru · kun reading
売る
sell
市場で 魚を 売って います。
They are selling fish at the market.
う(れる) ureru · kun reading
売れる
sell well
この 本は とても よく 売れます。
This book sells really well.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.