U+5546 "商" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
商
U+5546 "商" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in multiple East Asian writing systems including Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. Its core meanings revolve around commerce, trade, and business, as seen in words like 商人 (merchant) and 商业 (commerce). Additionally, it carries a historical significance as the name of the Shang dynasty, the first Chinese dynasty with written records. In mathematics, it also denotes the result of division, known as a quotient. This character is composed of a "mouth" radical and phonetic components that suggest both sound and meaning, making it a versatile element in formal and informal contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5546 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 商 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 商 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x95 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5546 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005546 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5546 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0D3 |
| kCCCII | 213646 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5938 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5938 |
| kCangjie | YCBR |
| kCantonese | soeng1 |
| kCihaiT | 278.103 |
| kCowles | 3887 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0415.090 |
| kDefinition | commerce, business, trade |
| kEACC | 213646 |
| kFanqie | 式羊 |
| kFenn | 578B |
| kFennIndex | 436.13 437.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0022.7 |
| kGB0 | 4144 |
| kGB1 | 4144 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0734a |
| kHangul | 상:0E |
| kHanYu | 10288.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shāng(561) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10288.060:shāng |
| kHKGlyph | 0595 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0415.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10288.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0194.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-494C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0D3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E26 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1C6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5938 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F47 |
| kJapanese | ショウ あきなう あきんど はかる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2391 |
| kJapaneseKun | AKINAU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3006 |
| kKangXi | 0194.320 |
| kKorean | SANG |
| kLau | 2734 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0794 |
| kMandarin | shāng |
| kMatthews | 5673 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2672 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008376 MJ008376:E0102 MJ008377:E0103 MJ057166:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 03803:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0278 0321 |
| kPhonetic | 1159 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2446+8.2.9 C+2446+30.3.8 V+13830+7.2.9 V+13830+30.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSBGY | 172.22 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 106.17 16.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shāng粵soeng1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0794 |
| kTang | *shiɑng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 326.010:shāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thương |
| kXerox | 243:100 |
| kXHC1983 | 1000.090:shāng |