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[しょう()]
shou
noun, noun, used as a suffix

English Meaning(s) for 商

noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quotient
  2. dealing; dealer; store
  3. second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
noun
  1. Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

Definition and Synonyms for 商

Mercantilism transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Synonyms: トレード, コマーシャリズム, 互市, 交易, , 商い, 商う, 商売, 商業, 商業主義, 商法, 営利主義, 貿易, 通商
Commercial Enterprise the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Synonyms: ビジネス, 事業, 仕事, 企業, , 商い, 商う, 商売, 商業, 商法, 商行為, 営利, 営業, 実業, 稼業
Transaction the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
Synonyms: ばいかい, トランザクション, 交渉, 出来高, 取り回し, 取り回す, 取引, , 商い, 商う, 商売, 売買, 売り買い
Swap an equal exchange
Synonyms: ばいかい, やりとり, チェンジ, トレード, バーター, 交換, 取り替え, 取り替える, 取り替えっこ, , 商い, 商う, 売買, 換物, 物々交換
Quotient the number obtained by division
Synonyms:
Quotient the ratio of two quantities to be divided
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Meanings for each kanji in 商

» make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant

Categories 商 is a member of

Group Action action taken by a group of people
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Mercantilism transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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Exchange reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
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Transaction the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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Number a concept of quantity involving zero and units
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Ratio the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 商

Sample Sentences for 商

Legal changes threaten online sales in digital commerce.
Electronic commerce began to spread rapidly.
The art dealer guaranteed the picture genuine.
I am in the grocery line.
The merchant accumulated tremendous fortune during the postwar era.

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