續

It is a phono-semantic compound, consisting of:

糸 (sa, “thread, silk”) as the semantic element;

𧶠 (yuk, “to sell, phonetic”) as the phonetic element.

Depending on the script style, the right side may appear as 賣 (mae, “to sell”), but this is only a graphic resemblance. Just as in 讀 (독, “to read”), the right-hand component comes from 𧶠 and is unrelated to “selling.”

In older forms, the right-hand part was clearly written as 𧶠.

Common compounds:

계속 (繼續) – continuation, ongoing

연속 (連續) – succession, continuity

속행 (續行) – continuation, proceeding

속편 (續篇) – sequel, continuation (lit. “continuing volume”)