TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
售
售 ＝ 口 ＋ 雔
ㄕㄡˋ · shòu
verb — to sell, vend
字源 FORM — what the parts do
雔聲chóu — gives the sound (abbreviated)a pair of short-tailed birds
IFTchóu → shòu — the ch shifts to sh, vowel and tone with it
A mouth (口) crying the goods, with 雔 (a pair of birds) abbreviated to one above as the sound — to sell. 雔 chóu carries the worn sound, ground all the way to shòu. From the cried sale: 出售、銷售、售價.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
攤前一張嘴（口）高聲叫賣，東西一件件出了手。
At the stall a mouth (口) cries the price aloud, and the goods go one by one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)賣— to sell, vend常用
→出售、銷售— to put up for sale; sales
⇒售價、零售— selling price; retail
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
賣màithe partner sense — 賣 puts out goods 貝, 售 cries them with the mouth 雔chóuthe sound donor — a pair of short-tailed birds