画商

See also: 畫商

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 画商 – see 畫商 (“art dealer”). (This term is the simplified form of 畫商).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
画	商
が 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 画 (ga, “picture, painting”) +‎ 商 (shō, “business, dealings; dealer”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

画(が)商(しょう) • (gashō) ^{←ぐわしやう (gwasyau)^?}

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

References

^ 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

[NHK-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

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