商
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
商 (radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜金月口 (YCBR), four-corner 00227, composition ⿱⿱亠丷冏)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 194, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3803
- Dae Jaweon: page 415, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 288, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5546
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 商 | |
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| simp. # | 商 | |
Glyph origin[edit]
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 商 | *hljaŋ |
| 蔏 | *hljaŋ |
| 螪 | *hljaŋ |
Etymology[edit]
Traditionally it is considered that 商人 (shāngrén) is so named because this term originally refers to people from Shang dynasty, who tend to do business.
Schuessler, 2007 lists two possible origins:
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
商
- trade; commerce; business
- businessman; dealer
- (mathematics) quotient
- (music) the second note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
- (～朝) Shang Dynasty
- to discuss; to consult
Coordinate terms[edit]
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Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 商
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
商
Readings[edit]
- Goon: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan’on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kun: あきなう (akinau, 商う, Jōyō)←あきなふ (akinafu, historical)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
- 農商 (nōshō): agriculture and commerce
| Kanji in this term |
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| 商 |
| しょう Grade: 3 |
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 商 (syang, “commerce”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
商 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji shō, historical hiragana しやう)
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References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
商 (thương)
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