出售
chūshòu · HSK 4
sell
🏷️ 出售 = 出 (go out) + 售 (sell) — goods go out, get sold
出 means to exit or send out; 售 means to sell. Together 出售 literally means to put out for sale. Common on shop signs and listings meaning the item is available to buy.
出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'