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Character
Contained In
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Simplified
Traditional
Ancient
forms
Archaic
forms
Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
章
冏
⿱⿱
亠
丷
冏
Mandarin
shang1
English
Definitions
commerce; consult; business; to discuss; merchant; trade
Mnemonic
To know each section
章
from the inside
冏
out
Etymology
Notes
This character was originally composed of fireplace
丙
with bitter
䇂
at the top – if an abbreviation of
章
was such from the earliest times