赎
shú HSK7

buy

To sell 卖 a soul for money 贝; 卖 also provides the pronunciation

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
卖
卖 SoundMeaning component
mài, mai sell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

贖 buy Traditional

To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
賣
賣 SoundMeaning component
mài, mai sell

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzyowkCə.lokredeem
Zhengzhangɦljoɡ
Unicodejhiok

說文解字

貿也。从貝𧸇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)