Read Edit View history 商 shāngShāng HSK1 commerce, business Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Origin unclear. Composed of 辛 (chisel) and 丙 (pedestal) with 口 being later added as a distinguishing component for the name of an ancient kingdom. Pinyin Separate values with commas shāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint The purpose of this component is unclear. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 商 Simp strokes 商 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint The purpose of this component is unclear. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 商 Simp strokes 商 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint This component was later added when the character was used for the name of an ancient kingdom. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 商 Simp strokes 商 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 商 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 439, 856 ], [ 510, 820 ], [ 547, 785 ] ], [ [ 131, 658 ], [ 156, 647 ], [ 193, 644 ], [ 392, 680 ], [ 821, 732 ], [ 899, 708 ] ], [ [ 354, 616 ], [ 395, 568 ], [ 407, 538 ] ], [ [ 602, 679 ], [ 624, 654 ], [ 568, 539 ], [ 545, 521 ] ], [ [ 246, 491 ], [ 273, 464 ], [ 280, 443 ], [ 283, 385 ], [ 272, 205 ], [ 245, 70 ], [ 242, 22 ] ], [ [ 305, 479 ], [ 323, 467 ], [ 684, 529 ], [ 716, 525 ], [ 751, 493 ], [ 748, 456 ], [ 763, 114 ], [ 759, 32 ], [ 745, -1 ], [ 686, 12 ], [ 618, 39 ] ], [ [ 422, 431 ], [ 435, 403 ], [ 428, 390 ], [ 393, 341 ], [ 333, 287 ] ], [ [ 548, 427 ], [ 615, 383 ], [ 643, 345 ] ], [ [ 372, 265 ], [ 402, 234 ], [ 432, 98 ] ], [ [ 426, 258 ], [ 436, 252 ], [ 554, 279 ], [ 574, 275 ], [ 591, 255 ], [ 589, 245 ], [ 572, 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418,262Z", "M590,163Q606,223 624,240Q645,262 624,275Q608,285 584,302Q569,311 521,287Q464,271 418,262C410,260 419,237 428,238Q476,247 524,258Q549,262 555,253Q561,249 556,222Q550,197 544,167C541,152 587,148 590,163Z", "M445,112Q449,112 456,113Q502,123 601,132Q611,133 612,141Q612,148 590,163C577,171 559,170 544,167Q543,168 540,167Q486,152 442,144C431,142 434,112 445,112Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.