Chinese symbol for “merchant”
商人
shāng rén
merchant; businessman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for merchant is 商人 (shāng rén), defined as: merchant; businessman.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “merchant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贾 (賈) | gǔ | merchant; to buy |
| 商家 | shāng jiā | merchant; business |
| 商户 (商戶) | shāng hù | merchant; trader; businessman; firm |
| 商贾 (商賈) | shāng gǔ | merchant |
| 商 | shāng | commerce; merchant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 商人.
| 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) |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 商务 (商務) | shāng wù | commercial affairs; commercial |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “merchant”.
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.