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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
販 character · B2 (est.)
販 ＝ 貝 ＋ 反
ㄈㄢˋ · fàn
verb — to trade, to peddle — noun — a peddler, a vendor

字源 FORM — what the parts do

貝義a cowrie, money and trade
反聲gives the soundfǎn — drifted to fàn
Tfǎn → fàn — tone shifted off the donor
Money (貝) turned over — buy cheap, sell dear. 反 carries the sound fǎn, tipped to fàn. The sense lands on small trade: 攤販 a stallholder, 小販 a peddler, 販賣 to sell, 販運 to haul goods for sale.
意 · Meanings
(本義)販、販賣— to trade, to peddle常用
→小販、攤販— a peddler, a vendor常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
反fǎnthe sound it carries — 反 alone is to turn over, against; 販 adds 貝 for to trade飯＝ 食 ＋ 反fànthe 反 it shares — 飯 sets 反 beside food 飠 for cooked rice, a meal; 販 sets it beside 貝 for to peddle