店 means “shop, store”

みせ · mise

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みせ, たな

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テン

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 8 strokes

The story

A shelter (广) where you stake your claim (占): a merchant's covered stall. Japanese 商店街 (shōtengai, shopping streets) stretch back centuries, from Kyoto's Nishiki Market to Tokyo's Ameyoko. Each 店 is a family legacy, some operating for generations with unchanging dedication to craft.

Used in 商店 (shouten, shop), 店員 (ten'in, shop clerk), and 店舗 (tenpo, store/premises)

More from Commerce & Trade

• 銭 coin
• 品 goods
• 値 value
• 利 profit
• 商 commerce
• 税 tax
• 安 cheap
• 高 expensive
• 払 pay
• 収 income
• 富 wealth
• 貯 save

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.