销售
xiāoshòu · HSK 4
sell
💰 销 = melt/dispose of + 售 = sell; together: move goods out the door
销 originally meant to melt metal, extended to disposing of or moving stock; 售 is the core verb for selling. The compound emphasizes commercial distribution — marketing and moving inventory, not just one-off sales.
销 — metal radical 钅 + 肖 xiāo (phonetic)
销 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The metal radical 钅 (金) signals a meaning related to metal, while 肖 supplies the sound xiāo. It originally meant to melt or smelt metal, then extended figuratively to 'dissolve away,' and later to modern senses like 'sell' (move goods away) and 'cancel/expend.'