shòu HSK4

sell

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundRemnant component
chóu match, collate
Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjus

說文解字

《說文新附》:“售,賣去手也。从口,雔省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica