Chinese Character 商 Meanings and components.

Form

商

Meaning

商 meaning[3] in English

Shang Dynasty (C. 1600-1046 Bc).

Surname Shang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 商 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are six (六) , and velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), … (冏)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with YCBR

How to write 商

To write商shang1Shang Dynasty … you should write a combination of 六liu4six , 冏jiong3velvetleaf (Abutilon … arranged in a 吕 shape:

六 + 冏 = 商

商 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 商 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 商, looks as follow:

商
Pinyin:shang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Shang Dynasty (C. 1600-1046 Bc) . Surname Shang
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
冏
Pinyin:jiong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Velvetleaf (Abutilon Avicennae), Plant Of The Jute Family . Bright
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
㕣
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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