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Kanji Detail for 商 - "trade, merchant"

商

  • Meaning

    商 means "trade, merchant."

    1. Trade - To buy and sell goods.

    2. Merchant - A person who trades; a businessperson.

    3. Calculate - To estimate; to compare and consider.

    4. Quotient - The result of division.

  • Words using 商

    • 商品 しょうひん Listen commodity; article of commerce; goods
    • 商業 しょうぎょう Listen commerce; trade; business
    • 商社 しょうしゃ Listen trading company
    • 通商 つうしょう Listen commerce; trade
    • 商店 しょうてん Listen shop; store; firm
    • 商売 しょうばい Listen trade; business; commerce
    • 商法 しょうほう Listen business practice; business method; commerce
    • 商工 しょうこう Listen commerce and industry

  • Four-character idioms with 商

    • 商売繁盛 しょうばいはんじょう Listen thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
    • 士農工商 しのうこうしょう Listen hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
    • 士魂商才 しこんしょうさい Listen having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense

  • Tattoo check: 商

    • Verified meaning: trade, merchant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しょう, しょうざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 商

    Surnames 商(しょう)Listen 商(しょうざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    commerce, business, trade

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    commerce, business, trade

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To deliberate. Such as 商量, 商酌. | Trading. Referring to those who transport goods to exchange what one has for what one lacks. Such as 商人 (merchant), 商家 (business). | One of the five notes. In season it's autumn, hence autumn is also called 商. Such as autumn wind is called 商飈. | A star name. The Heart constellation. See "心" for details. Opposite to the Shen constellation. When one rises, the other sets; they cannot be seen together. Hence people who avoid each other due to discord are called 參商. | A dynasty name. Cheng Tang overthrew Xia and ruled all under heaven. State named Shang (1766 BCE). Later Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin and renamed it Yin. From Tang to Zhou, twenty-eight generations, 644 years.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    akina.u(あきな-う) あきな-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    亠 (nabebuta・keisankammuri)口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    trade merchant calculate answer of division bargain negotiate commerce business buy sell exchange export finance import market profit retail sales supply transaction wholesale economics

Sentences including 商

  • He made money from that business.

  • The business is in the red.

  • We have very good business.

  • The shop did not want him.

  • He took over the business from his father.

  • He is able in business.

  • He is very honest in business.

  • He came up to tokyo on business.

  • He set up in business.

  • He wants to engage in business.

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