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:

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)?

    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
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