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商 あきな.う make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant 3 413 11 30 くち・くちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic I use what I think is the real etymology for this kanji which is so shocking it sticks. The STANDING member at the top is a certain part of the body that all men have and it is approaching the HOLE between TWO LEGS (the HOOD) with extra marks to show they are FLESHY - ie a womans legs. So this shows the oldest DEAL of all time - prostitution.

Accepted Answer

ショウ あき 商品(しょうひん): commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise商業(しょうぎょう): commerce; trade; business商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm商店(しょうてん): shop; small store; business; firm商売(しょうばい): trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation商人(しょうにん): trader; shopkeeper; merchant商(しょう): (1) quotient (2) dealing; dealer; store (3) second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (4) Shang (dynasty of China) 3 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect冏: light; clear; bright 口 3 (none) make a deal Slick Willy standing on the motorcycle helmet he´s trying to sell you to demonstrate how rugged it is. His legs crash through the top of it and after a moment of awkward silence his mouth opens and says, "hey, we can still make a deal.".

Kanji	商
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	あきな.う
Nanori	あき
English	make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Examples	商品(しょうひん): commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise 商業(しょうぎょう): commerce; trade; business 商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm 商店(しょうてん): shop; small store; business; firm 商売(しょうばい): trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation 商人(しょうにん): trader; shopkeeper; merchant 商(しょう): (1) quotient (2) dealing; dealer; store (3) second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (4) Shang (dynasty of China)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	413
Components	立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 冏: light; clear; bright
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	make a deal
Koohii Story 1	I use what I think is the real etymology for this kanji which is so shocking it sticks. The STANDING member at the top is a certain part of the body that all men have and it is approaching the HOLE between TWO LEGS (the HOOD) with extra marks to show they are FLESHY - ie a womans legs. So this shows the oldest DEAL of all time - prostitution.
Koohii Story 2	Slick Willy standing on the motorcycle helmet he´s trying to sell you to demonstrate how rugged it is. His legs crash through the top of it and after a moment of awkward silence his mouth opens and says, "hey, we can still make a deal.".

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