Memory phrase for the Kanji: 商
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Meaning
| trade, business, sell
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Pronunciation |
SHŌ
akinau |
Explanation |
Var. of emperor 帝 with long coat 冂 and mouth 口. Better to consider a vendor  behind a sales desk 冂 with some goods 口 (cf. to sell 売) |
Mnemonic
| A vendor at the sales desk with goods 口 means: trade.
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Radicals
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帝
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emperor | Stand up 立 and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor 帝 comes. Sometimes it is mixed with "old" 古 to become the old emperor like at rival 敵. |
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口
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mouth | A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 商う |
あきなう |
to trade in (commercial goods) |
| 商店街 |
しょうてんがい |
shopping district, downtown |
| 商品 |
しょうひん |
commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise |
| 商い |
あきない |
trade, business, dealing |
| 商業 |
しょうぎょう |
trade, commerce, business |
| 商人 |
しょうにん |
trader, shopkeeper, merchant |
| 商売 |
しょうばい |
trade, business, commerce, transaction, occupation |
| 商店 |
しょうてん |
shop, business firm |
| 商社 |
しょうしゃ |
trading company, firm |
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