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贩

fàn

peddler

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound. Simplified form of 販.

Components
贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

反 sound component

反  Sound component

fǎn

  

reverse

Evolution

贩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
贩 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
贩 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

贩 (販) 

fàn

peddler, hawker, street merchant; to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle

Most common words with 贩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毒贩

drug dealer

贩毒

drugs trade

贩卖

to sell

贩子

trafficker

贩

to deal in

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.2926% of movies

1708th most common character in movies

2466th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

販

Unicode

U+8D29


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