Trace Panda
■ radical

mǎi

to buy

How it’s built

Pictograph of money (貝) coming out of a netted bag (网).

网
iconic

net

貝
iconic

shell — Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script
Bronze script
Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 買 as a component, most common first.

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