店

音読おんよみ: テン

訓読くんよみ: みせ・たな

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 广(まだれ)

Meaning

Shop / Store

  • みせ — shop / store
  • 店舗てんぽ — store / premises
  • 店員てんいん — store clerk
  • 売店ばいてん — kiosk / stall
  • 開店かいてん — opening of a shop
  • 本店ほんてん — main branch / flagship store

店 combines 广 (a roof or shelter) with 占 (to occupy or hold), giving the idea of a designated place for goods and services. It’s one of the most common kanji in commerce and signage.

You’ll find 店 in countless words related to business operations, hospitality, and shopping in Japan.

あのみせ有名ゆうめいです。
That shop is well-known.

はははなみせはたらいています。
My mother works at a flower shop.

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Creates
店員てんいん — store clerk
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