販
fàn

peddler

贩 (販) fàn
peddle verb
to sell goods at retail, typically as a small-scale or street vendor

他在街头贩些瓜果蔬菜来维持生计。

tā zài jiē​tóu fàn xiē guā​guǒ shū​cài lái wéi​chí shēng​jì.

He sells melons, fruits, and vegetables on the street to make a living.

trade verb
to buy and sell goods, often involving wholesale, trafficking, or transporting items across regions

他私自贩盐，触犯了当年的朝廷律法。

tā sī​zì fàn yán, chù​fàn le dāng​nián de cháo​tíng lǜ fǎ.

He trafficked salt privately, violating the imperial laws of the time.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,466th most common 19.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,708th most common 31.4 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.97 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.50 per million

Details
Simplified
贩
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+8CA9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)