shāng

commerce; merchant; to consult

HSK 1 #402

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 402nd character
Radical ⼝ (30.8)
Strokes 11
Index # 2391

Definitions

商 shāng
  1. 1. commerce
  2. 2. merchant
  3. 3. to consult
  4. 4. quotient (as in zhì shāng, intelligence quotient)
  5. 5. dealer
  6. 6. Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
  7. 7. surname Shang
  8. 8. 2nd note in pentatonic scale

Stroke order

商 stroke order diagram
商 stroke order animation

Words containing 商

Word Meaning
a wholesale business; distributor
business world; business community
business school; university of business studies
retailer; retail merchant; shopkeeper
to commercialize
manufacturer; producer
business district; downtown
rich merchant
merchant ship
industry and commerce
business; merchant; enterprise
importer; import business
unscrupulous businessman; profiteer; shark
to decide after consultation; to agree
business opportunity; commercial opportunity
store; shop
to discuss; to bring up various ideas for discussion
middleman; broker
trader; peddler
trade and commerce
caravan
trading company
(real estate etc) developer
Department of Commerce; Department of Trade
itinerant trader; peddler; hawker