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Make Commerce Merchant Trade Firm Business Deal I

Kanji
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
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.".

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_human.activities_money.commerce

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