Meet 売 in 売ります, 売れます, and other useful words. Read the examples and connect each word to its meaning.

The idea

売 has 7 strokes; follow the linked KanjiVG diagram. Learn 売ります (うります) and 売れます (うれます) as whole words: a character’s reading depends on the word.

Patterns to compare
Japanese wordReadingExample in context
売りますうりますI sell flowers at the shop.
売れますうれますThis book sells very well.
売り場うりばThe sales counter is on level two.
売り切れうりきれThe tickets are already sold out.

Examples

  • 店みせで花はなを売うります。I sell flowers at the shop.
  • 切符きっぷはもう売うり切きれです。The tickets are already sold out.
  • 売うり場ばは二階にかいにあります。The sales counter is on level two.
  • この本ほんはとてもよく売うれます。This book sells very well.
  • 駅えきの売店ばいてんで水みずを買かいます。I buy water at the station kiosk.
  • その店みせは古ふるい自転車じてんしゃを売うっています。That shop sells used bicycles.

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Watch out

Here, 売ります means “sells something; transitive”; 売れます means “sells or is sold; intransitive”. Compare 売ります (うります) and 売れます (うれます) in context: “I sell flowers at the shop.” and “This book sells very well.” The same character does not make the words interchangeable. Compare the shapes of 売 and 買 as well.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 売ります in hiragana.

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    うります

    売ります is read うります. In context: I sell flowers at the shop.

  2. Write the reading of 売れます in hiragana.

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    うれます

    売れます is read うれます. In context: This book sells very well.

  3. Write the missing kanji: ＿ります [売 / 買] (うります).

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    売

    売 completes 売ります, read うります. In context: I sell flowers at the shop.

Use it today

Cover the table, write 売 from memory, then read 売ります and 売れます aloud. Check the readings and contexts.