禁售
jìn​shòu

ban sale

禁 jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Phonosemantic compound. 示 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

林
林 Sound component
lín forest
示
示 Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

襟噤

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

襟噤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkimHkr[ə]m-s prohibit

說文解字

《說文》：“禁，吉凶之忌也。从示，林聲。”

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)