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
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
wholesaler; distributor; middleman
wholesaler; distributor; middleman
middleman; broker
lead underwriter
lead underwriter
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing nán jīng tiáo yuē that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广guǎng zhōu, Fuzhou fú zhōu, Ningbo níng bō, Xiamen or Amoy xià mén and Shanghai shàng hǎi
supplier
supplier; vendor
supplier; vendor
supplier; distribution business
supplier; distribution business
convenience store (Tw)
market maker
to jointly discuss; to discuss together (business)
to discuss matters of vital importance
to discuss matters of vital importance
export goods; export product
publisher
distributor
distributor
securities dealer; share broker
to talk things over; to consult with; agreement
consultative meeting; deliberative assembly
consultative meeting; deliberative assembly