# 商 — Merchandise

Frequency rank 586 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 費 (Expense), less common than 響 (Echo).

- On’yomi: しょう
- Kun’yomi: あきな
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A lid (亠) covers a mouth (口) above a pair of legs (冂八) — a merchant with a hat opens his mouth to sell his merchandise on the street corner.

In words:

- 商 しょう — quotient
- 商品 しょうひん — commodity,article of commerce,goods,stock,merchandise
- 商人 しょうにん — trader,shopkeeper,merchant

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