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Kotomora

販

marketing, sell, trade

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

販 centers on the exchange of goods for money: selling, marketing, and trading. The core idea is moving items from seller to buyer in a commercial transaction.

Most common words using 販

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  • 販売はんばい
    N3

    sale; sales; selling; marketing

  • 通販つうはん

    online shopping; e-commerce; mail order

  • 市販しはん
    N1

    putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available

  • 自販機じはんき

    vending machine

  • 量販りょうはん

    volume sales; volume retail

  • 再販さいはん

    resale

  • 物販ぶっぱん

    sale of goods (as opposed to services)

  • 販売元はんばいもと

    seller; selling agency; sales agent

  • 販促はんそく

    sales promotion

  • 販路はんろ

    market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening

  • 直販ちょくはん

    direct selling; direct sales

  • 自販じはん

    automatic selling

  • 信販しんぱん

    sales on credit

  • 酒販しゅはん

    liquor trade

  • 販社はんしゃ

    sales company; distributor

  • 拡販かくはん

    sales expansion; increase in sales

  • 自動販売機じどうはんばいき
    N5

    vending machine

  • 通信販売つうしんはんばい

    online shopping service (with delivery by mail); mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service

  • 量販店りょうはんてん

    volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium

  • 信販会社しんぱんがいしゃ

    credit company

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Etymology

販 combines 貝 (shell, used as currency in ancient times) with 反, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest the idea of returning or exchanging. Together they express selling or trading goods for money.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 貝 represents money (shells), and the right side 反 looks like a hand exchanging something. Picture a hand passing goods in return for shells: selling and trading.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, imagine a hand (ハン sounds like 'hand' without the 'd') passing shells in a busy market: hand -> ハン, and the hand is selling goods.