商 – make a deal, selling, dealing in

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#413 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 商 means make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あきな.う (akinau). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	あきな.う	akinau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・并・立・亠・儿・冂.

Words using 商

商人しょうにんmerchant商売しょうばいtrade商品しょうひんcommodity商しょうquotient商業しょうぎょうcommerce商社しょうしゃtrading company商店しょうてんshop

Example sentences

あの商人は絹織物を商う。

The merchant deals in silk goods.

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地元の店は観光客相手に順調な商売をしている。

Local shops do good business with tourists.

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食料品と衣類の陳列台にある商品は非常に安かった。

Goods at the food and clothing stalls were very cheap.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可味命

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