Depicts porridge being made from rice (米) cooking in a steamy cooking vessel (䰜). Based on the original meaning "porridge", now written as 粥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
䰜 Iconic component
lì a large earthen pot
(ancient form of 鬲) a large earthen pot, a large iron cauldron
Depicts a vessel (鬲) with hot steam rising around it.
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Historical Evolution
鬻
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬻
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鬻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鬻 [yù]
to sell, esp. in strained circumstances
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