11 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 3rd grade
    
                                                    JLPT exam level N3
                                            make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Kun'yomi
- あ - き - な - う - to trade in (commercial goods) 
On'yomi
- ショ - ウ - quotient ②business ③second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale) ④Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE) 
Nanori
- あき 
Character Breakdown
make a deal, selling, dealing in
ショウ あきな.う あき (3rd, N3)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
Common Words
                                    quotient ②business ③second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale) ④Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE)
                                
                            References
| Unicode hex code | 5546 | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-30-6 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 321 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 832 | 
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2116 | 
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| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 3803 | 
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| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 418 | 
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| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 414 | 
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 333 | 
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| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 375 | 
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 684 | 
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.11 | 
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 330 | 
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| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 2j9.7 | 
| Four corner code | 0022.7 | 
| De Roo Code | 449 |