漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
商: make a deal, selling
Also: dealing in, merchant
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 立to stand(sound)
- 冏(meaning)
冏 carries the meaning · 立 gives the sound
11 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 商業しょうぎょうcommerce
- 商人しょうにんmerchant
- 商売しょうばいbusiness
- 商品しょうひんmerchandise
- 商談しょうだんbusiness negotiation
- 商店しょうてんshop [n.]
- 貿易商ぼうえきしょうtrader
- 通商つうしょうtrade [n.]
あきなうakinau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 商うあきなうdeal in
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
The formation is unclear. The base component is consistently 丙; late-period variants add 口 below.
Source: Wiktionary, 商 (rev. 93666982), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shāng
Same form: 商 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 商 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 商 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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