店 icon

store, shop

is composed of 广 (house) and (divination). 广 is a pictograph of a house, while refers to the act of divining with tortoise shells to predict good or ill fortune. Running a business requires not only space to display goods but also luck, as represented by .

Vocabulary of 店

  • 店主 (shop owner)
  • 酒店 (hotel)
  • 書店 (bookstore)

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