舗 means “shop, store, pave”

ほ · ho

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

A building (舎) with 甫 giving the sound ほ: a shop open to the street. 店舗 are store premises, a 舗装 road is paved, and a 老舗, read しにせ, is a business run by the same family for generations, some in Kyoto for centuries.

Used in 店舗 (tenpo, store/shop), 老舗 (shinise, long-established shop), and 舗装 (hosou, paving)

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