卸す
おろす · orosu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to sell wholesale
📦🥕 おろす = to lower or unload: wholesalers unload goods down to the shops
The kanji 卸 shows unloading a pack horse: 午 (horse) plus 卩 (a kneeling person). Wholesalers pass goods down the chain to shops. The same sound おろす also means grating, as in 大根おろし (grated daikon), which is usually written 下ろす.
卸 — 卩 (seal/kneeling person) + 卸 phonetic 午
卸 originally depicted unloading a cart or unyoking horses, showing a person (卩) removing the harness. The character combines the kneeling figure 卩 with phonetic elements suggesting the action of taking off or removing. Its meaning extended from unloading goods to dismantling, removing, or shedding more generally.