# 商 merchandise

立 (stand up) + (human legs) + (goatee)
★★★☆☆
11 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

SHOU | SHOW me the merchandise.

## Mnemonic

| Slaves are merchandise that stand on human legs and have goatees (usually).

## Kunyomi

あきな*い | business (as in, "How's business?" "Business is slow!") ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

商品(しょうひん) | items for sale, merchandise ★★★★☆ 商 (merchandise) + 品 (products) = 商品 (items for sale, merchandise)
商店街(しょうてんがい) | shopping district. ★★★★☆ 商 (merchandise) + 店 (shop) + 街 (shopping district) = 商店街 (shopping district.) shopping district. Not quite a mall, but a street with a tin roof, and all the shops are decorated similarly.Like all the stores on that street formed a kind of merchants' association and tried to give their street some atmosphere.
商売(しょうばい) | a business ★★★★☆ 商 (merchandise) + 売 (sell) = 商売 (a business) a business, a line of work: (the camera business, the pimp game, the clock business, etc.)