Japanese symbol for “selling”
販売
はんばい
Romaji: hanbai
sale; sales; selling; marketing
In Japanese, selling is 販売, read はんばい (hanbai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt sale; sales; selling; marketing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “selling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 売り | うり uri | sale; selling |
| 外交 | がいこう gaikou | selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing |
| セールス | セールス seerusu | sales; selling |
| 売り渡し | うりわたし uriwatashi | sale; selling |
| 売り付け | うりつけ uritsuke | selling; foisting; pushing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市販 | しはん shihan | putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available |
| 通販 | つうはん tsuuhan | online shopping; e-commerce; mail order |
| 販路 | はんろ hanro | market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening |
| 再販 | さいはん saihan | resale |
| 自販 | じはん jihan | automatic selling |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 売る | うる uru | to sell |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.