Memory phrase for the character: 卖

卖

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Meaning to sell, to betray

Pronunciation

mài

Explanation

From top: ten 十, a cap 乛, leader/head 头 (= the big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶)

Mnemonic
 
(together with: to buy 买, which shows that leader 头 with the cap 乛) This cap 乛 is what the leader 头 has bought 买, but for 10 十 (coins) he wants to sell 卖 it.

Radicals

十 tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
卖 to sell
乛 something ???
头 headThe big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶丶 is the leader.　
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 Vocabulary

讨好卖乖 tǎo hǎo mài guāi  to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
贩卖 fàn mài  to sell; to peddle; to traffic
卖淫 mài yín  prostitution
卖国贼 mài guó zéi  traitor
卖傻 mài shǎ  to play stupid; to act like an idiot
出卖 chū mài  to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray
买卖 mǎi mài  buying and selling; business; business transactions
买卖 mǎi mài  

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