How do you read 商品?

商品 is read しょうひん (shouhin), with atamadaka pitch accent (high first, then falls).

How do you write 商品 in romaji?

商品 is written shouhin in romaji, also spelled shohin.

What kanji are in 商品?

商 (Make A Deal, Selling); 品 (Goods, Refinement).

商品しょうひん

Q: What JLPT level is 商品?

商品 is a JLPT N2 word (upper intermediate).

しょうひん · shouhin (also spelled shohin)

JLPT N2 › noun

Commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise

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Atamadaka

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How it’s used

Used for physical items sold in shops, especially on signs and in retail contexts; more concrete than 製品 (manufactured product).

Often confused with 製品 (seihin), which emphasizes the result of manufacturing rather than the item as merchandise.

Example sentences

この商品は人気があります。

This product is popular.

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新商品が入荷しました。

New products have arrived.

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この商品も安いです。

このしょうひんもやすいです。

This product is also cheap.

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毎日、商品を棚に並べます。

まいにち、しょうひんをたなにならべます。

Every day, I arrange products on the shelves.

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この商品を買います。

このしょうひんをかいます。

I'll buy this product.

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Kanji in this word

商Make A Deal, Selling, Dealing In 音しょう訓あきな.う JLPT N3 · 11 strokes 品Goods, Refinement, Dignity 音ひん・ほん訓しな JLPT N4 · 9 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

商人しょうにんtrader, shopkeeper, merchant 商売しょうばいtrade, business, commerce 商品しょうひんcommodity, merchandise ～商～しょうmerchant, business 商業しょうぎょうcommerce, trade, business 商社しょうしゃtrading company 品ひんgoods; taste, elegance 作品さくひんwork, opus, production

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What does 商品 mean?

Commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise.

How do you pronounce 商品?

しょうひん (shouhin). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 商品?

JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.

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