销 xiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
销售
xiāoshòu
sales; to sell
Characters in this word
售 shòu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他做销售。 Tā zuò xiāoshòu. He works in sales.
- 销售很忙。 Xiāoshòu hěn máng. Sales is very busy.
- 销售员来了。 Xiāoshòuyuán lái le. The salesperson is here.