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 market / sales (representative, agreement etc)

to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities

sales figure / total income from sales / turnover

retailer / shopkeeper / retail merchant

shop / retail store

point of sale (POS) / checkout / retail outlet

point of sale system

to sell wholesale

arms sales

to ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages)

point of sale

Sentences with 售

售 currently does not appear in any sentence.