• 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.
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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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  • 1611th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pu4)variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] • store
2. (pu1)to spread • to display • to set up • (old) holder for door-knocker
3. (pu4)plank bed • place to sleep • shop • store • (old) relay station

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (pu1)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for (pu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

店铺 (店鋪)
卧铺 (臥鋪)

Uncommon

商铺 (商舖)
床铺 (床鋪)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
当铺 (當舖)
铺位 (鋪位)
铺垫 (鋪墊)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺子 (鋪子)
铺平 (鋪平)
铺床 (鋪床)
铺张浪费 (鋪張浪費)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
铺设 (鋪設)
铺路 (鋪路)
铺陈 (鋪陳)
铺面 (鋪面)

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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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