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商 = 立 + 冂 + 儿 + 口

商 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “make a deal”. It is built from 立 (stand up), 冂 (border), 儿 (human legs) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 471.

Keyword
make a deal
RTK frame
471
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あきな.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заключить сделку
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
商 commerce

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 立 stand up
  2. 冂 border
  3. 儿 human legs
  4. 口 mouth

How to find 商 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stand up” + “border” + “human legs”. 商 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 商 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.