The Chinese Radical: 卖


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Meaning
to sell    卖

Explanation

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

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

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

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

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