𧸇
yù

to sell

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Phonosemantic compound. 𡍬 represents the sound and 貝 represents the meaning.

Components

𡍬
𡍬 Sound component
Change in sound
貝
貝 Meaning component

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，衒也。从貝，聲。，古文睦。讀若育。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Wiktionaryzi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)