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Kanji Detail for 賣 - "sell, trade, betray"

  • Meaning

    賣 means "sell, trade, betray."

    1. Sell - To exchange for money.

    2. Trade - To do business.

    3. Betray - To sell out.

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    • Verified meaning: sell, trade, betray
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sell; betray; show off

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sell; betray; show off

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sell; to betray; to show off

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Putting out goods is called 賣. When a person exchanges goods for money. | Harming others to benefit oneself is called 賣. Such as 賣國 (betray one's country), 賣友 (betray friends).
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