売り出し

うりだし · uridashi · JLPT N1 · noun

sale

🏷️ 売り出し = sell + put out: goods put out for sale, often at a special bargain price

売り (sell) + 出し (put out) means putting goods out on display to be sold. The price tag emoji fits the discounted-sale meaning.

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.'

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