Today’s #kanji is 商, which is listed under the radical of #くち(口)although 口 is not either its semantic or phonetic element. 商’s semantic element is 冏, which originally means “a plateau.” Its phonetic element is a simplified form of 章.
Meaning: to trade, to deal, the quotient Reading: ショウ、あきな
商(ショウ): the quotient 商業(ショウギョウ): commerce, business, trade 商店(ショウテン): a store, a shop 商品(ショウヒン): a commodity, an item for sale, a product, goods 画商(ガショウ): an art dealer
海産物商(カイサンブツショウ): a dealer in marine products
穀物商(コクモツショウ): a grain dealer
呉服商(ゴフクショウ): a kimono merchant
行商(ギョウショウ): peddling, hawking 年商(ネンショウ): the yearly turnover
商(あきな)い: business 商(あきな)う: to deal in …, to sell
difficult reading
商人(あきんど/ショウニン): a merchant
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10 October, 2023
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