商 — Chinese character
商
shāng
commerce, business, trade
- Pinyin
- shāng
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 亠 丷 冏
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bright; meaning component 冏; sound component 章
- Japanese
- 商 as a kanji
Common words with 商
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
| 商品 | shāng pǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant; businessman |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 商务 (商務) | shāng wù | commercial affairs; commercial |
| 厂商 (廠商) | chǎng shāng | manufacturer; producer |
| 商场 (商場) | shāng chǎng | shopping mall; shopping center |
| 工商 | gōng shāng | industry and commerce |
| 商家 | shāng jiā | merchant; business |
| 商标 (商標) | shāng biāo | trademark; logo |
| 商量 | shāng liang | to consult; to talk over |
English words written with 商
- store
- commercial
- shop
- commerce
- operator
- franchise
- manufacturer
- negotiations
- developer
- provider
- contractor
- merchant
商 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 18
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.