売
Sell
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| n/i | う.り | 士 + 冖 + 儿 |
Meaning: Sell
There’s a samurai with (just) his forehead and legs.
The samurai only had a forehead and legs. What happened to everything in between? He was low on money, so he had to SELL it all, leaving him only the top and the bottom.
Imagine this terrifying samurai. You have legs… okay, that’s normal. But, then you have just a giant forehead on the top of everything else, walking around. That’s pretty scary that someone would SELL such important parts of their body.
Reading: う.り
The more important thing to learn is the kun’yomi. Let’s learn that.
You have to remember the う part of うり. To remember the reading う we use the word うに (sea urchin).
After he’s sold half of his body, the Samurai starts trying to sell uni (う) as well. He keeps pushing the uni at you, trying to get you to buy it. It’s up to you what you imagine after this (whether you buy it or not). Maybe you can take and sample some of it first (and taste the uni).
Vocabulary
Learn the meanings (and readings) of these words before moving on.
a 売る（うる）＝ To Sell
- Meaning: Same as the kanji, verb form
- Reading: If you know the う part of the reading, you can read this too.
a 売り上げ（うりあげ）＝ Sale
- Combo: 売 (sell) + 上 (up)
- Meaning: If you want to increase what you sell, make a sale.
- Reading: The kun’yomi readings of both kanji. Hint is that there’s hiragana sticking out of both words, but as long as you know the words separately, you should be okay combining them too.
a 売り切れ（うりきれ）＝ Sold Out
- Combo: 売 (sell) + 切 (cut)
- Meaning: If you cut what you sell, it’s because you don’t have any more. You’re sold out.
- Reading: The kun’yomi readings of two words, put together.
a 売り手（うりて）＝ Seller
- Combo: 売 (sell) + 手 (hand)
- Meaning: 手 can often mean helper or worker or something like that. So, in this case, this is the person selling. This is the seller.
- Reading: Kun’yomi readings of two words put together.
a 安売り（やすうり）＝ Sell Cheap
- Combo: 安 (cheap) + 売 (sell)
- Meaning: Pretty self explanatory
- Reading: Kun’yomi readings of the two kanji, put together.