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𧸇

yù

to sell

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

Components
𡍬 sound component

𡍬  Sound component

mù

  

concord

貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

Evolution

𧸇 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
𧸇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𧸇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𧸇  

yù

to sell

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (3 verified)

續 续 讀

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

续

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+27E07

Shuowen

“，衒也。从貝，聲。，古文睦。讀若育。”


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