懂中文 Dong Chinese

鬻

yù

sell

Original meaning: 

porridge

Depicts porridge being made from rice (米) cooking in a steamy cooking vessel (䰜). Based on the original meaning "porridge", now written as 粥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
米 iconic component

米  Iconic component

mǐ

  

rice

䰜 iconic component

䰜  Iconic component

lì

  

a large earthen pot

Depicts a vessel (鬲) with hot steam rising around it.

Evolution

鬻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬻 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鬻  

yù

sell; child, childish; nourish; to sell, esp. in strained circumstances