卖 mài sell
Made up of [十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 头 tóu head , 乚 yǐ hidden; concealed; small radical 5]Similar looking characters : 买 mǎi (buy)
Alternative traditional form of character: 賣
Made with 8 strokes.
Originally the complex form combined 'output' and 'goods' to give concept of 'sell'. In the seal form it has 'cowrie' for money and 'net' to carry the goods away in
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 德 dé (virtue) ; 盾 dùn (shield) ; 古 gǔ (ancient) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 南 nán (south) ; 啤 pí (hops) ; 什 shén (what) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 载 zài (to carry) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 头 tóu component: 买 mǎi (buy) 实 shí (real)
Also uses 乚 yǐ component: 吃 chī (to eat) 曷 hé (why) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 孔 kǒng (great) ; 礼 lǐ (ceremony) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 乱 luàn (in confusion or disorder) ; 买 mǎi (buy) ; 习 xí (to practice) ; 也 yě (also) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 艺 yì (skill) ; 忆 yì (to recollect) ; 以 yǐ (to use)
Different tone
买 mǎi (buy)Pronunciation
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