Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

413 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant

Kunyomi: あきな.う

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

業(しょうぎょう)   commerce

人(しょうにん)   merchant

売(しょうばい)   business

品(しょうひん)   merchandise

談(しょうだん)   business negotiation

店(しょうてん)   shop [n.]

貿易(ぼうえきしょう)   trader

(つうしょう)   trade [n.]

う(あきなう)   deal in

Onyomi Examples

ショウ quotient, business, merchant, dealer, second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty

ショウカイ firm, company

ネンショウ yearly (annual) turnover

ガショウ picture dealer, commercial art gallery

Kunyomi Examples

あきなう to trade in (commercial goods), to deal in, to sell