The Chinese Radical: 卖




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Meaning
to sell    卖

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to read, to study, pronunciation of a word
dòu, dú
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold.) [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
Words which were sold, can be read.  
HSK 1
to buy, to purchase
mǎi
Top: a stroke 乛 (here: a cap), below: head/leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]
(together with: to sell 卖) This hat 乛 is what the leader 头 has bought 买. (... but for 10 十 [coins] he wants to sell 卖 it.)  
HSK 2
to sell, to betray
mài
From top: ten 十, a cap 乛, leader/head 头 (= the big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶)
(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.  
HSK 4
continue, proceed with, replenish

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
Threads are endless, such that the sale proceeds continuously.  
no HSK
redeem, to ransom
shú
Left: money 贝, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) - [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
To use money for 'selling' means to redeem.  
no HSK
hole, convex opening, sth. missing, void
dòu
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold)
(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.  
no HSK
ditch, to drain, gutter, trouble (some one to do)

Left: water 氵, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) [头 = the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]
(To forward it to the purchaser:) For the water that was sold, we use that: ditch.  
no HSK
calf, sacrificial victim

Left: cow 牛, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶] is sold)
The 'cow' that is sold is: the calf.  

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