画商

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See also: 畫商

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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

Noun

()(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

  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN