店diàn

店

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ves its traditional form, combining the roof radical 广 with the phonetic 占 to represent a shop with a signboard. The character now means "store" or "shop", appearing in words like 商店 (store) and 店员 (shop assistant). It also serves as a component in characters such as 店, though it is not a frequent radical. --- In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 式 retains its traditional form, composed

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Shuowen

店. The character combines the roof radical 广 with the phonetic 占, indicating a place for divination; in oracle bone script it appears as a roof over a divination symbol, originally meaning 'a divination booth', later used for 'shop' or 'inn'.

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diàn· HSK 1

店diàn

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