贩

Spell out: + =

to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,089 U+8D29

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 (semantic, “money”) + 反 (phonetic, fǎn)

components: 贝反

peddler · Heisig RSH #1897

shells + 反 against

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 反

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 反 (fǎn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
反 sound component	fǎn	reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
板	bǎn	board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
饭	fàn	meal, food; cooked rice
版	bǎn	printing block, edition; register; volume, version
扳	bān	to drag, to pull; to twist
坂	bǎn	hillside, slope
阪	bǎn	hillside, slope
舨	bǎn	sampan, wooden boat
钣	bǎn	metal plate; sheet metal
畈	fàn	field; farm

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自动贩卖机	zì dòng fàn mài jī	vending machine
二道贩子	èr dào fàn zi	middleman; buyer and seller
人口贩运	rén kǒu fàn yùn	trafficking in persons; human trafficking
人贩子	rén fàn zi	human trafficker
贩卖人口	fàn mài rén kǒu	trafficking in human beings
小商贩	xiǎo shāng fàn	small trader; peddler
量贩式	liàng fàn shì	at wholesale price
贩夫俗子	fàn fū sú zi	peddlers and common people; lower class
票贩子	piào fàn zi	ticket scalper
贩卖机	fàn mài jī	(Tw) vending machine
量贩店	liàng fàn diàn	wholesale store; hypermarket
贩子	fàn zi	trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
小贩	xiǎo fàn	peddler; hawker
鱼贩	yú fàn	fishmonger
量贩	liàng fàn	to sell in a large amount at a lower price per unit
贩运	fàn yùn	to transport (for sale); to traffic (in sth)
贩夫	fàn fū	peddler; street vendor
毒贩	dú fàn	drug dealer; drug trafficker
贩毒	fàn dú	to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade
商贩	shāng fàn	trader; peddler