懂中文 Dong Chinese

贖

shú

buy

To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation

Components
貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

賣 sound,meaning component

賣  Sound Meaning component

mài

  

sell

Evolution

贖 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
贖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
贖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

赎 (贖) 

shú

buy, redeem; ransom; atone for; to redeem; to ransom

Most common words with 贖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赎回

to redeem

赎

to redeem

赎金

ransom

赎罪

redemption

将功赎罪

to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts