鬻 (juk6 | yu4) : sell; vend

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鬻

juk6

yu4

sell; vend

Stroke count: 22

Level: 3

Radical: (#193)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鬻

This word has been viewed 2327 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 24th Jun 2009 15:30 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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賣兒鬻女 maai6 ji4 juk6 neoi5 mai4 er2 yu4 nv3 = sell one's children

賣官鬻爵 maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3 mai4 guan1 yu4 jue2 = receive a bribe and sell off positions and titles to gain wealth

賣妻鬻子 maai6 cai1 juk6 zi2 mai4 qi1 yu4 zi3 = sell one's wife and son away to sustain existence

鬻文 juk6 man4 yu4 wen2 = make a living by selling one's literature

獯鬻 fan1 juk6 xun1 yu4 = the name of the Huns during the Xia dynasty

鬻兒賣女 juk6 ji4 maai6 neoi5 yu4 er2 mai4 nv3 = sell one's children

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因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鬻
Unicode code for this character: U+9b3b (off-site link)

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