Chinese symbol for “consultations”

磋商

cuō shāng

to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for consultations is 磋商 (cuō shāng), defined as: to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations.

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Characters and stroke order

磋 cuō

to polish, to buff; to examine, to deliberate

radical 112 ⽯ · 14 strokes

商 shāng

commerce, business, trade

radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 磋商.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
切磋	qiē cuō	to compare notes; to learn from one another
切磋琢磨	qiē cuō zhuó mó	lit. cutting and polishing (idiom); fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
磋磨	cuō mó	to polish and rub; (fig.) to torment; to torture
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

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.