Memory phrase for the character: 商

商

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Meaning sales, trade, commerce

Pronunciation

shāng

Explanation

Top and around: could be seen as var. of emperor 帝 (with extended robe 冂) - Better: Consider a vendor standing behind a sales desk 冂/冏 with some goods 口

Mnemonic
 
The vendor at the sales desk has goods to sell.

Radicals

冂 comprise, down box
帝 emperor
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 Vocabulary

商人 shāng rén  merchant; businessman
商埠 shāng bù  commercial port; trading port; treaty port (old)
商埠 shāng bù  
磋商 cuō shāng  to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations
商贾 shāng gǔ  merchant
商标 shāng biāo  trademark; logo
协商 xié shāng  to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
商店 shāng diàn  store; shop
商量 shāng liang  to consult; to talk over; to discuss
商品 shāng pǐn  good; commodity; merchandise
工商业 gōng shāng yè  business
工商业 gōng shāng yè  

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