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商 — commerce; merchant; dealer

commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult

Pinyin
shāng · Shāng
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — shāng, Shāng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 商: 11 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

商 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 商

Words with 商 in the HSK syllabus: 24

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 商店shāngdiànstore; shopHSK 1
  2. 商场shāngchǎngshopping mall; shopping center; department storeHSK 2
  3. 商量shāngliangto consult; to talk over; to discussHSK 4
  4. 商品shāngpǐncommodity; goods; merchandiseHSK 4
  5. 电商diànshānge-commerce; to negotiate by telegram or telephoneHSK 5
  6. 商家shāngjiāmerchant; business; enterpriseHSK 5
  7. 商人shāngrénmerchant; businessmanHSK 5
  8. 商务shāngwùcommercial affairs; commercial; commerce; businessHSK 5
  9. 商业shāngyèbusiness; trade; commerceHSK 5
  10. 厂商chǎngshāngmanufacturer; producerHSK 6
  11. 经商jīngshāngto trade; to carry out commercial activitiesHSK 6
  12. 商标shāngbiāotrademark; logoHSK 6
  13. 磋商cuōshāngto consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiateHSK 7–9
  14. 开发商kāifāshāngdeveloperHSK 7–9
  15. 情商qíngshāngemotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotientHSK 7–9
  16. 商贩shāngfàntrader; peddlerHSK 7–9
  17. 商贾shānggǔmerchantHSK 7–9
  18. 商机shāngjībusiness opportunity; commercial opportunityHSK 7–9
  19. 商讨shāngtǎoto discuss; to deliberateHSK 7–9
  20. 商议shāngyìto negotiate; discussion; proposalHSK 7–9
  21. 商用shāngyòngcommercialHSK 7–9
  22. 协商xiéshāngto consult with; to talk things over; agreementHSK 7–9
  23. 招商zhāoshāngto seek investment or funding; investment promotionHSK 7–9
  24. 智商zhìshāngIQHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.