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Chinese Text Project

U+8CE3

Seal script

Jinwen

Jianbo

Simplified character

Alternate form
𧷨
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 8 strokes = 15 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.383#46 Kangxi: p.1209#32 Cihai: p.1277r1c01 GSR: 1023.a Hanyu: v6,p3645#07
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𠠔 𨽍 𭟐 𠠠 𡂝 𢖏 𢷺 𣋺 𣤯 𣰬 𪺁 𬌏 [More]
Mandarin:mài ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese:maai6
Tang reconstruction:*mɛ̀i
Shuowen:出部》賣:出物貨也。从出从買。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》賣:《說文》作𧷓出物也。莫懈切,一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·貝部·》賣:〔古文〕𧷨《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤莫懈切,音邁。《說文》作𧷓。出物貨也。从出从買。《註》徐鍇曰:貨精,故出則買之也。《九經字樣》隷省作賣。《周禮·天官·小宰》聽賣買以質劑。又《地官·司市》掌其賣儥之事。又《集韻》莫駕切,音禡。《博雅》儥也。
Fanqie:莫懈 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:sell; betray; show off

Example usage

莊子·天地》:為圃者曰:「子非夫博學以擬聖,於于以蓋眾,獨弦哀歌以名聲於天下者乎?」
The other continued, 'Are you not the scholar whose great learning makes you comparable to a sage, who make it your boast that you surpass all others, who sing melancholy ditties all by yourself, thus purchasing a famous reputation throughout the kingdom?'
商君書·農戰》:是故進則曲主,退則慮所以實其私,然則下權矣。
With the result that at court they deceive their ruler and, retiring from court, they think of nothing but of how to realize their selfish interests and thus sell power to their inferiors.
孫子兵法·作戰》:國之貧于師者遠輸,遠輸則百姓貧,近于師者貴,貴則百姓財竭,財竭則急于丘役,力屈財殫,中原內虛于家,百姓之費,十去其七,公家之費,破車罷馬,甲冑矢弩,戟楯蔽櫓,丘牛大車,十去其六。
Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.
荀子·議兵》:故賞慶、刑罰、埶詐之為道者,傭徒鬻之道也,不足以合大眾,美國家,故古之人羞而不道也。
說苑·辨物》:孔子使人問哭者,哭者曰:「父死家貧,子以葬之,將與其別也。」
韓詩外傳·卷七》:呂望行年五十,食棘津,年七十,屠於朝歌,九十乃為天子師,則遇文王也。
白虎通德論·誅伐》:即如是,諸侯王者道,禮無往不反,非謂所者也
新書·無蓄》:歲惡不入,請爵鬻子,既或聞耳矣。
新序·節士》:下宮之難不能死,與我謀匿趙氏孤兒,今又之。
孔子家語·相魯》:羔豚者不加飾。
潛夫論·讚學》:倪寬力於都巷,匡衡自鬻於保徒者,身貧也。
論衡·吉驗》:竇太后弟名曰廣國,年四、五歲,家貧,為人所掠,其家不知其所在。
孔叢子·論勢》:遊說之士挾強秦以為資,其國以收利,叉手服從,曾不能制。
申鑒·時事》:大夫不專地,人買由己,是專地也。
新語·輔政》:故懷剛者久而缺,持柔者久而長,躁疾者為厥速,遲重者為常存,尚勇者為悔近,溫厚者行寬舒,懷促急者必有所虧,柔懦者制剛強,小慧者不可以禦大,小辯者不可以說眾,商賈巧為販之利,而屈為貞良,邪臣好為詐偽,自媚飾非,而不能為公方,藏其端巧,逃其事功。
墨子·號令》:能捕得謀反、城、踰城歸敵者一人,以令為除死罪二人,城旦四人。
文子·自然》:神農形悴,堯瘦虞,舜黧黑,禹胼胝,伊尹負鼎而干湯,呂望鼓刀而入周,百里奚傳,管仲束縛,孔子無黔突,墨子無煖席,非以貪祿慕位,將欲事起於天下之利,除萬民之害也。
列仙傳·赤將子輿》:能隨風雨上下,時時於市中繳,亦謂之繳父云。
老子河上公章句》:夫市交易而退,不相宜善言美語,求者欲疾得,者欲疾售也。
韓非子·八姦》:今則不然,不課賢不肖,論有功勞,用諸侯之重,聽左右之謁,父兄大臣上請爵祿於上,而下之以收財利及以樹私黨。
管子·輕重戊》:管子對曰:「公其令人貴買衡山之械器而之,燕代必從公而買之,秦趙聞之,必與公爭之,衡山之械器,必倍其賈,天下爭之,衡山械器,必什倍以上。」
尉繚子·武議》:夫市也者,百貨之官也,市賤貴,以限士人。
九章算術·方程》:今有牛二、羊五,以買十三豕,有餘錢一千。
淮南子·齊俗訓》:林中不薪,湖上不鬻魚,所有餘也。
呂氏春秋·離謂》:人必莫之矣。
尹文子·大道下》:「去貴妻,愛妾」,此令必行者也。
史記·周本紀》:於是宣王聞之,有夫婦是器者,宣王使執而戮之
春秋左傳》:冬,十月,癸酉,王子朝用成周之寶珪于河,甲戌,津人得諸河上,陰不佞以溫人南侵,拘得玉者,取其玉,將之,則為石,王定而獻之,與之東訾。
晏子春秋》:內則蔽善惡于君上,外則權重于百姓,不誅之則亂,誅之則為人主所案據,腹而有之,此亦國之社鼠也。
越絕書·計倪內經》:常以太陰在陰而發,陰且盡之歲,亟六畜貨財,以益收五穀,以應陽之至也。
戰國策》:趙、宋於三國。
鹽鐵論·本議》:賤即買,貴則
列女傳·鄒孟軻母》:其嬉戲為賈人衒之事。
漢書·王莽傳下》:乃巿所粱丽肉羹,持入視莽,曰:「居民食咸如此。」
前漢紀》:為人奴婢者。
東觀漢記·王渙》:王渙為洛陽令,馬市正數從羹飯家乞貸,不得輒毆罵之。
後漢書》:於是赦之,遇待如初,乃還所鈔漢民男女及羌所略轉入匈奴中者合萬餘人。
燕丹子·卷下》:樊將軍以窮歸我,而丹之,心不善也。
西京雜記·第一》:因而於上游戲養魚,魚給諸陵廟祭祀,餘付長安巿之。
周禮·地官司徒》:凡會同、師役,市司帥賈師而從,治其市政,掌其儥之事。
楚辭·傷時》:管束縛兮桎梏,百貿易兮傳

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