shú
buy
To sell 卖 a soul for money 贝; 卖 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 赎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to redeem | ||
to redeem | ||
ransom | ||
redemption | ||
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.8877% of movies
2078th most common character in movies
2863rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8D4E |
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