画商

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See also: 畫商

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 畫商 (“art dealer”).
(This term is the simplified form of 畫商).
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
畫商 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 畫商 (hwɛH syang). Compare modern Chinese traditional 畫商画商 (huàshāng) and simplified 画商 (huàshāng).

Alternately, may have been coined independently in Japan as a compound of Sinitic elements (ga, picture, painting) +‎ (shō, business, dealings; dealer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(しょう) (gashōぐわしやう (gwasyau)?

  1. the business of selling pictures
  2. an art dealer (specific to pictures; does not include sculpture or other media)

References[edit]

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN