店
inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
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Dict coverage rank #710 U+5E97
How 店 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
广 (semantic, “building”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)
How to remember it
store · Heisig RSH #557
cave + 占 tell fortunes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 占
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 占 (zhàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound component | zhàn | to divine; to observe; to versify |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, point, speck |
| 战 | zhàn | war, fighting, battle |
| 站 | zhàn | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy |
| 钻 | zuàn | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce |
| 黏 | nián | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch |
| 粘 | zhān | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous |
| 毡 | zhān | felt; rug, carpet |
| 砧 | zhēn | anvil, flat stone |
| 玷 | diàn | character flaw; a flaw in a gem |
| 坫 | diàn | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking |
| 苫 | shān | rush or straw matting |
| 飐 | zhǎn | to sway in the wind |
| 扂 | diàn | door latch |
| 鲇 | nián | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |
Words containing 店
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小店区 | Xiǎo diàn Qū | Xiaodian, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 新店市 | Xīn diàn shì | Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 前不巴村，后不巴店 | qián bù bā cūn , hòu bù bā diàn | see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4] |
| 理发店 | lǐ fà diàn | barbershop; hairdresser's; CL:家[jia1] |
| 店小二 | diàn xiǎo èr | (old) (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter; attendant |
| 新华书店 | Xīn huá Shū diàn | Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain |
| 三联书店 | Sān lián Shū diàn | Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 |
| 普兰店区 | Pǔ lán diàn Qū | Pulandian, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 开黑店 | kāi hēi diàn | lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction); fig. to carr… |
| 面包店 | miàn bāo diàn | bakery; CL:家[jia1] |
| 实体店 | shí tǐ diàn | brick and mortar business; physical (rather than online) retail store |
| 前不着村，后不着店 | qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn | lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom); fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowh… |
| 五金店 | wǔ jīn diàn | hardware store; ironmonger's store |
| 板门店 | Bǎn mén diàn | Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone |
| 长城饭店 | Cháng chéng Fàn diàn | Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登) |
| 小吃店 | xiǎo chī diàn | snack bar; lunch room; CL:家[jia1] |
| 马店 | mǎ diàn | inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses |
| 小店 | xiǎo diàn | small store |
| 店家 | diàn jiā | (old) shopkeeper; innkeeper; (dialect) shop; store |
| 女店员 | nǚ diàn yuán | salesgirl; female shop assistant |