Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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 buildingRadical madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
fortune telling
fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
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 Vocabulary

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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