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Chinese symbol for “grocer”

杂货商
zá huò shāng
Traditional: 雜貨商
grocer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grocer is 杂货商 (zá huò shāng), defined as: grocer.

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Characters and stroke order

杂 zá
mix, blend; various, miscellaneous
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
货 huò
products, merchandise; goods, commodities
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 杂货商.

WordPinyinMeaning
复杂 (複雜)fù zácomplicated; complex
杂志 (雜誌)zá zhìmagazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī)
杂交 (雜交)zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed
杂种 (雜種)zá zhǒnghybrid; mixed breed
混杂 (混雜)hùn záto mix; to mingle
杂草 (雜草)zá cǎoweeds
货币 (貨幣)huò bìcurrency; monetary
货物 (貨物)huò wùgoods; commodity
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade

See also: Japanese symbol for “grocer”.

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.