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Simplified Chinese version

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 𬌏 𦢌 [More]
Mandarin:mài ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese:maai6
Tang reconstruction:*mɛ̀i
Shuowen:出部》卖:出物货也。从出从买。
Guangyun:广韵·去声··》卖:《说文》作𧷓出物也。莫懈切,一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·贝部·》卖:〔古文〕𧷨《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤莫懈切,音迈。《说文》作𧷓。出物货也。从出从买。《注》徐锴曰:货精,故出则买之也。《九经字样》隷省作卖。《周礼·天官·小宰》听卖买以质剂。又《地官·司市》掌其卖儥之事。又《集韵》莫驾切,音禡。《博雅》儥也。
Fanqie:莫懈 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:sell; betray; show off

Example usage

庄子·天地》:为圃者曰:“子非夫博学以拟圣,于于以盖众,独弦哀歌以名声于天下者乎?”
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?'
商君书·农战》:是故进则曲主,退则虑所以实其私,然则下权矣。
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.
孙子兵法·作战》:国之贫于师者远输,远输则百姓贫,近于师者贵,贵则百姓财竭,财竭则急于丘役,力屈财殚,中原内虚于家,百姓之费,十去其七,公家之费,破车罢马,甲胄矢弩,戟楯蔽橹,丘牛大车,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·议兵》:故赏庆、刑罚、埶诈之为道者,佣徒鬻之道也,不足以合大众,美国家,故古之人羞而不道也。
说苑·辨物》:孔子使人问哭者,哭者曰:“父死家贫,子以葬之,将与其别也。”
韩诗外传·卷七》:吕望行年五十,食棘津,年七十,屠于朝歌,九十乃为天子师,则遇文王也。
白虎通德论·诛伐》:即如是,诸侯王者道,礼无往不反,非谓所者也
新书·无蓄》:岁恶不入,请爵鬻子,既或闻耳矣。
新序·节士》:下宫之难不能死,与我谋匿赵氏孤儿,今又之。
孔子家语·相鲁》:羔豚者不加饰。
潜夫论·赞学》:倪宽力于都巷,匡衡自鬻于保徒者,身贫也。
论衡·吉验》:窦太后弟名曰广国,年四、五岁,家贫,为人所掠,其家不知其所在。
孔丛子·论势》:游说之士挟强秦以为资,其国以收利,叉手服从,曾不能制。
申鉴·时事》:大夫不专地,人买由己,是专地也。
新语·辅政》:故怀刚者久而缺,持柔者久而长,躁疾者为厥速,迟重者为常存,尚勇者为悔近,温厚者行宽舒,怀促急者必有所亏,柔懦者制刚强,小慧者不可以御大,小辩者不可以说众,商贾巧为贩之利,而屈为贞良,邪臣好为诈伪,自媚饰非,而不能为公方,藏其端巧,逃其事功。
墨子·号令》:能捕得谋反、城、逾城归敌者一人,以令为除死罪二人,城旦四人。
文子·自然》:神农形悴,尧瘦虞,舜黧黑,禹胼胝,伊尹负鼎而干汤,吕望鼓刀而入周,百里奚传,管仲束缚,孔子无黔突,墨子无暖席,非以贪禄慕位,将欲事起于天下之利,除万民之害也。
列仙传·赤将子舆》:能随风雨上下,时时于市中缴,亦谓之缴父云。
老子河上公章句》:夫市交易而退,不相宜善言美语,求者欲疾得,者欲疾售也。
韩非子·八奸》:今则不然,不课贤不肖,论有功劳,用诸侯之重,听左右之谒,父兄大臣上请爵禄于上,而下之以收财利及以树私党。
管子·轻重戊》:管子对曰:“公其令人贵买衡山之械器而之,燕代必从公而买之,秦赵闻之,必与公争之,衡山之械器,必倍其贾,天下争之,衡山械器,必什倍以上。”
尉缭子·武议》:夫市也者,百货之官也,市贱贵,以限士人。
九章算术·方程》:今有牛二、羊五,以买十三豕,有馀钱一千。
淮南子·齐俗训》:林中不薪,湖上不鬻鱼,所有馀也。
吕氏春秋·离谓》:人必莫之矣。
尹文子·大道下》:“去贵妻,爱妾”,此令必行者也。
史记·周本纪》:于是宣王闻之,有夫妇是器者,宣王使执而戮之
春秋左传》:冬,十月,癸酉,王子朝用成周之宝圭于河,甲戌,津人得诸河上,阴不佞以温人南侵,拘得玉者,取其玉,将之,则为石,王定而献之,与之东訾。
晏子春秋》:内则蔽善恶于君上,外则权重于百姓,不诛之则乱,诛之则为人主所案据,腹而有之,此亦国之社鼠也。
越绝书·计倪内经》:常以太阴在阴而发,阴且尽之岁,亟六畜货财,以益收五谷,以应阳之至也。
战国策》:赵、宋于三国。
盐铁论·本议》:贱即买,贵则
列女传·邹孟轲母》:其嬉戏为贾人衒之事。
汉书·王莽传下》:乃巿所粱丽肉羹,持入视莽,曰:“居民食咸如此。”
前汉纪》:为人奴婢者。
东观汉记·王涣》:王涣为洛阳令,马市正数从羹饭家乞贷,不得辄殴骂之。
后汉书》:于是赦之,遇待如初,乃还所钞汉民男女及羌所略转入匈奴中者合万馀人。
燕丹子·卷下》:樊将军以穷归我,而丹之,心不善也。
西京杂记·第一》:因而于上游戏养鱼,鱼给诸陵庙祭祀,馀付长安巿之。
周礼·地官司徒》:凡会同、师役,市司帅贾师而从,治其市政,掌其儥之事。
楚辞·伤时》:管束缚兮桎梏,百贸易兮传

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