Japanese symbol for “commerce”
商業
しょうぎょう
Romaji: shougyou
commerce; trade; business
In Japanese, commerce is 商業, read しょうぎょう (shougyou).
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.
Meanings
- adj-no, n commerce; trade; business
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “commerce”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貿易 | ぼうえき boueki | (foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting |
| 商売 | しょうばい shoubai | trade; business; commerce |
| 通商 | つうしょう tsuushou | commerce; trade |
| 商法 | しょうほう shouhou | business practice; business method; commerce |
| 交易 | こうえき koueki | trade; commerce |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商品 | しょうひん shouhin | commodity; article of commerce; goods |
| 商店 | しょうてん shouten | shop; store; firm |
| 商売 | しょうばい shoubai | trade; business; commerce |
| 商人 | しょうにん shounin | merchant; trader; tradesman |
| 商社 | しょうしゃ shousha | trading company |
| 企業 | きぎょう kigyou | enterprise; business; company |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 営業 | えいぎょう eigyou | business; trade; operations |
See also: Chinese symbol for “commerce”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.