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商

shāng

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shāng · soeng1 (Jyutping)

  1. Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC)
  2. commerce
  3. merchant
  4. dealer
  5. to consult
  6. 2nd note in pentatonic scale
  7. quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
  8. surname Shang

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

商

Meaning
commerce, business, trade
Radical
口
Strokes
11
Components
⿱⿱亠丷冏
Cangjie
YCBR
Four-corner
0022.7

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