画商

画商

See also: 畫商

Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
画	商
が Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) がしょー [gàshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

画商 (hiragana がしょう, rōmaji gashō, historical hiragana ぐわしやう)

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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN