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Chinese symbol for “trader”

商贩
shāng fàn
Traditional: 商販
trader; peddler

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trader is 商贩 (shāng fàn), defined as: trader; peddler.

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

商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes
贩 fàn
merchant, peddler; to deal in, to trade
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “trader”

WordPinyinMeaning
商户 (商戶)shāng hùmerchant; trader; businessman; firm
业者 (業者)yè zhědealer; trader
交易员 (交易員)jiāo yì yuándealer; trader

Related words

Other words that share a character with 商贩.

WordPinyinMeaning
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)
商店shāng diànstore; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman
协商 (協商)xié shāngto consult with; to talk things over
商务 (商務)shāng wùcommercial affairs; commercial
贩卖 (販賣)fàn màito sell; to peddle
贩毒 (販毒)fàn dúto traffic narcotics; drugs trade

See also: Japanese symbol for “trader”.

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.

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