Memory phrase for the character: 商

商

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Meaning

trade, business, sell

Pronunciation

SHŌ
akinau

Explanation

 Variation 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.

Radicals

帝 emperorStand up 立 and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor 帝 comes.
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.




 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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