English: sell	On-Yomi: バイ	Kun-Yomi: う.る う.れる うり うる め

Bushu (Radical) Info:
土 (つち) – earth
士 (さむらい) – samurai

Henshall Mnemonic: samurai stands behind counter selling

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #202 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 売る   [うる]
  (v5r) to sell   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 売り場   [うりば]
  (adj-no,n) place where things are sold; sales floor; counter (in shop)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 商売   [しょうばい]
  (n,vs) trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売れる   [うれる]
  (v1) to be sold   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 販売   [はんばい]
  (n,vs) sale; selling; marketing   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 売り切れ   [うりきれ]
  (n) sold-out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売り切れる   [うりきれる]
  (v1) to be sold out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売店   [ばいてん]
  (n) shop; stand   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売買   [ばいばい]
  (n) trade; buying and selling   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 特売   [とくばい]
  (n,vs) special sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 発売   [はつばい]
  (n,vs) sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 売れ行き   [うれゆき]
  (n) sales   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 前売り   [まえうり]
  (n) advance sale; booking   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小売   [こうり]
  (n,vs) retail   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売り出し   [うりだし]
  (n) (bargain) sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売り出す   [うりだす]
  (v5s) to put on sale; to market; to become popular   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 転売   [てんばい]
  (n,vs) resale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売り物   [うりもの]
  (n) article for sale; For Sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売却   [ばいきゃく]
  (n,vs) sale; disposal by sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 前売り券   [まえうりけん]
  ticket sold in advance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売国奴   [ばいこくど]
  (n) traitor (to one's country)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売春   [ばいしゅん]
  (n) prostitution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売春婦   [ばいしゅんふ]
  (n) prostitute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売上金   [うりあげきん]
  (n) proceeds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売上高   [うりあげだか]
  (n) sales; amount sold; proceeds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 廉売   [れんばい]
  (n) bargain sale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 専売   [せんばい]
  (n) monopoly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 乱売   [らんばい]
  (n) underselling; panic selling   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 安売り   [やすうり]
  (n) discount; bargain sale; selling cheaply   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 密売   [みつばい]
  (n,vs) smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小売り   [こうり]
  (n,vs) retail   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 即売   [そくばい]
  (n) sale on the spot   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小売り店   [こうりてん]
  retail store; retail shop   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小売価格   [こうりかかく]
  (n) retail price   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 小売店   [こうりてん]
  retail store; retail shop   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通信販売   [つうしんはんばい]
  mail order   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 読売   [よみうり]
  (n) Yomiuri (newspaper)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 卸売   [おろしうり]
  (n) wholesale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 卸売り   [おろしうり]
  (n) wholesale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 卸売市場   [おろしうりしじょう]
  wholesale market   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 卸売物価   [おろしうりぶっか]
  wholesale price   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.