Chinese symbol for “parley”

商洽

shāng qià

to parley; to negotiate; to discuss

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parley is 商洽 (shāng qià), defined as: to parley; to negotiate; to discuss.

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Characters and stroke order

商 shāng

commerce, business, trade

radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

洽 qià

to mix, to blend, to harmonize

radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 商洽.

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
洽谈 (洽談)	qià tán	to discuss
融洽	róng qià	harmonious; friendly relations

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.