• 402nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 199 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāng (Shang1)the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
2. shāng (shang1)commerce • to consult • quotient • 2nd note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

商务 (商務)
商品 
商城 
商场 (商場)
商业 (商業)
情商 
智商 

Uncommon

代理商 
供应商 (供應商)
券商 
协商 (協商)
台商 
商丘 
商人 
商务部 (商務部)
商报 (商報)
商女 
商学院 (商學院)
商家 
商店 
商户 (商戶)
商会 (商會)
商业化 (商業化)
商标 (商標)
商机 (商機)
商界 
商铺 (商舖)
商贸 (商貿)
商量 
奸商 
工商 
厂商 (廠商)
批发商 (批發商)
招商 
经商 (經商)
经销商 (經銷商)
制造商 (製造商)
运营商 (運營商)
开发商 (開發商)

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  • 2461st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)to deal in • to buy and sell • to trade in • to retail • to peddle

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

小贩 (小販)

Uncommon

商贩 (商販)
摊贩 (攤販)
票贩子 (票販子)
贩子 (販子)
贩卖 (販賣)
量贩式 (量販式)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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