U+9B3B "鬻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+9B3B "鬻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to sell" or "to peddle," with a historical connotation often associated with selling goods or services in a humble or menial context, such as selling porridge or one's abilities. It is composed of the radical 鬲 (a tripod cauldron for cooking) and the phonetic component 粥 (congee or porridge), visually linking it to the act of offering food for sale. In classical literature, this character appears in phrases like "鬻文" (to sell one's writing) or "鬻爵" (to sell official titles), reflecting its usage in describing transactions that involve trade or bargaining. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, it is recognized across these languages, though in modern standard Chinese it is largely archaic and replaced by simpler characters like 卖 (mài) for the same concept.