You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) 15 strokes Page 1209, Entry 05 Ancient character form. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced mai (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is written in a specific variant form. It refers to selling goods. The character is composed of the components for exit and buy. Commentary: Xu Kai states that when goods are excellent, they are brought out and people will buy them. According to the Nine Classics Character Forms (Jiujing Ziyang), the clerical script simplified form is written as sell. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Heaven Office, Minor Official: Handle buying and selling transactions using contracts. Furthermore, according to the Earth Office, Master of Markets: Manage those matters concerning buying and selling. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced ma (falling tone). According to the Expanded Glosses (Boya), this refers to selling.