Memory phrase for the Kanji: 店

店

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Meaning shop, store, booth, kiosk

Pronunciation

TEN
mise, tana

Explanation

Top: building 广, below: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. - Here: a key with the teeth 卜 and the handle 口)

Mnemonic

The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.

Radicals

广	building	Radical: madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
占	fortune telling
卜	fortune telling	This radical bukunoto* is also used in the radical 占.*

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Vocabulary

店	みせ	store, shop, establishment
百貨店	ひゃっかてん	department store
支店	してん	branch store (office)
店員	てんいん	shop assistant, employee, clerk, salesperson
店賃	たなちん	house rent
商店街	しょうてんがい	shopping district, downtown
喫茶店	きっさてん	coffee lounge
閉店	へいてん	close the shop
商店	しょうてん	shop, business firm

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