The kanji 商: meaning, readings and stroke order

商

Meaning: trade, sell
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: あきな（う） akinau
Strokes: 11
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: buôn bán (thương)
Japanese: ものをうる。あきない。
Korean: 장사 (상)
Chinese: 买卖、商业

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

商しょう店てん
shop, store
商しょう店てんがならぶ通りを歩きます。
I walk down a street with lots of shops.

あきな（う） akinau · kun reading · less common

商あきなう
to sell, to trade
むかしから米を 商あきなって います。
They have sold rice for a very long time.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.