售

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(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A street vendor talks 口 incessantly, like a bird 隹

Components 隹口

vend · Heisig RSH #541

turkey + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自动售货机	zì dòng shòu huò jī	vending machine
销售时点情报系统	xiāo shòu shí diǎn qíng bào xì tǒng	point of sale system
无人售票	wú rén shòu piào	self-service ticketing; automated ticketing
司售人员	sī shòu rén yuán	bus crew; driver and conductor
售后服务	shòu hòu fú wù	after-sales service
销售时点	xiāo shòu shí diǎn	point of sale
售货台	shòu huò tái	vendor's stall
售票口	shòu piào kǒu	ticket window
售货员	shòu huò yuán	sales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
售票员	shòu piào yuán	ticket seller
发售	fā shòu	to sell
出售	chū shòu	to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market
售票处	shòu piào chù	ticket office
建议售价	jiàn yì shòu jià	recommended retail price (RRP)
销售点	xiāo shòu diǎn	point of sale (POS); checkout; retail outlet
售后	shòu hòu	(attributive) after-sales; post-sale; after-sales service
交售	jiāo shòu	(of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy
制售	zhì shòu	to manufacture and sell
网售	wǎng shòu	to sell online
亏本出售	kuī běn chū shòu	to sell at a loss