售

shòu = sh + ou4

to sell / to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)

售 = 口 + 隹 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a business in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). His business plan is to sell (售) mandarins (口) by having sparrows (隹) deliver them directly to the customer. Though the delivery works well, Sherlock has problems with having the sparrows return with the money.

售 character breakdown

售
- 口
- 隹
  - 一
  - 住
    - 主
      - 丶
      - 王
        
        一
        
        土
        
        一
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 亻
      - 丨
      - 丿

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

zhui̅ = zhu + ei1

short-tailed bird

隹 = 住 + 一 : A sparrow. Julian Giant Squid often visits the sparrows living in front of the Eiffel Tower, and plays his flute for them.

Characters with 售 as component

售 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 售

to sell

to ban the sale of

see 私賣|私卖[si1 mai4]

to sell online

vending machine

to sell at a loss

to manufacture and sell

to sell

overbooking

self-service ticketing / automated ticketing

Sentences with 售

售 currently does not appear in any sentence.