diàn

Traditional: 店

HSK 2
#800 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

shop / store

Word origin

店 (diàn) 'shop' is a phono-semantic compound. The radical 广 (a roof or building) gives the meaning of a structure, while 占 (zhàn) supplies the sound. The character names a roofed place set up for selling goods, a shop or store.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
广 (building, semantic) + 占 (zhàn, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 店

Examples

This shop sells tea.

That store is very big.

Let's go to that shop to buy things.

店 (diàn) means shop or store.

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