商
dealing in, make a deal, merchant, selling
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:11
JLPT:3
Frequency:413
Vocabulary
ショウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画商 | ガショウ | picture dealer; commercial art gallery |
| 商会 | ショウカイ | firm; company |
| 商業 | ショウギョウ | commerce; trade; business |
| 商工 | ショウコウ | commerce and industry |
| 商工会議所 | ショウコウカイギショ | Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商 | しょう | quotient; business; merchant; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty |
| 商い | あきない | trade; business; trading; dealing; turnover; sales; takings |
| 商人 | あきんど | merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper |
| 商人 | あきうど | merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper |
| 商人 | あきゅうど | merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper |
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