You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Cowrie (bèi) Sold; Kangxi stroke count: 15; Page 1209, Entry 32 Ancient form. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced mai (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is written as a variant form. To sell goods. Formed from the character for exit and the character for buy. Commentary: Xu Kai states that when goods are of high quality, they are brought out and people will buy them. According to the Nine Classics Character Forms (Jiujing Ziyang), in clerical script, the character is simplified to the current form. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of the Heaven, Minor Administrator: Handle buying and selling transactions using contracts. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of the Earth, Administrator of the Market: Oversee those buying and selling affairs. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced ma (falling tone). According to the Broad Sophist (Boya), it means to sell.