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商 — 11 strokes / Radical「口」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 11 strokes / Radical「口」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
あきな(う)akina(u)
Meaning
commerce, trade

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A decorative top plus 口 (mouth). Talking with the mouth to buy and sell things — trade.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō商売しょうばい商業しょうぎょう貿易商ぼうえきしょう
Kunあきなうakinau商うあきなう商いあきない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 商人しょうにん

    merchant

  • 商店しょうてん

    store, shop

More words with this kanji

  • 商店街しょうてんがい
  • 商うあきなう
  • 商賈しょうこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

まちには 商店(しょうてん)が たくさん あります。

There are many shops in the town.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

商人商店商人person店shop号number向face君you和harmon…命life相mutual昭bright消exting…章chapte…勝win
CompoundRadicalReading

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