寄售
jì​shòu

consignment sale

寄 jì send

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjeHC.[k](r)aj-s entrust to

說文解字

《說文》：“寄，託也。从宀，奇聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

售 shòu sell

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 雔 represents the sound.

Components

雔
雔 SoundRemnant component
chóu match, collate
口
口 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)