shú
buy
To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 贖
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to redeem | ||
to redeem | ||
ransom | ||
redemption | ||
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.lok | zyowk | shú | redeem |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.8877% of movies
2078th most common character in movies
2863rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 22 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8D16 |
Shuowen | “，貿也。从貝，聲。” |
Sources
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