What 𰇟 means
Read 𰇟 as 商, the Chinese character for trade.
In Chinese, 商 also means a merchant, the Shang dynasty of ancient China, and the answer to a division problem. Variant references list 𰇟 as the same character.
The ordinary 商 is recorded in oracle-bone inscriptions (divination records carved on animal bones), on bronze vessels, in bamboo manuscripts, and in seal script, an early style of writing. These attestations trace 商, not the first use of 𰇟.
Who writes 𰇟
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𰇟 show as a box?
The app’s font may lack the glyph. The square is a missing-glyph mark; the text still contains 𰇟. A font with its shape can display it.
How to type or find 𰇟
- Search it as
- 商 variant · shang variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𰇟\301DFCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

