商
shāngShāng HSK1

commerce, business

商 shāng frequency
commerce verb
related to business, trade, or a person engaged in trade (merchant/dealer)

他辞去了公职，选择下海从商。

tā cí​qù le gōng​zhí, xuǎn​zé xià​hǎi cóng shāng.

He resigned from his public office to go into business.

consult noun
to consult, discuss, or deliberate with others

这笔生意还有得商，大家别急着放弃。

zhè bǐ shēng​yi hái yǒu děi shāng, dà​jiā bié jí zhe fàng​qì.

This deal is still negotiable, so don't be in such a hurry to give up.

shang note noun
the second note in the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale

五音之中的商音通常比较清越。

wǔ​yīn zhī​zhōng de shāng yīn tōng​cháng bǐ​jiào qīng​yuè.

The 'shang' note of the five traditional Chinese tones is usually clear and resonant.

quotient noun
the result of a division or a numerical ratio expressing a level of ability

六除以三的商是二。

liù chú​yǐ sān de shāng shì èr.

The quotient of six divided by three is two.

商 Shāng
Shang dynasty noun
the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC)

商是中国青铜文明发展的鼎盛时期。

Shāng shì Zhōng​guó qīng​tóng wén​míng fā​zhǎn de dǐng​shèng shí​qī.

The Shang Dynasty was the peak of China's bronze civilization.

Shang proper name
a Chinese surname

商先生是这家公司的老板。

Shāng xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de lǎo​bǎn.

Mr. Shang is the owner of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
402nd most common 544.7 per million
Movie subtitles
832nd most common 147.9 per million appears in 50% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
21.9 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
257.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5546

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)