JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
店 means store, shop. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 8 strokes, read みせ or たな or てん. It combines 广 (dotted cliff radical (no. 53)), which carries the meaning, with 占, which is there for its sound てん. It appears in 喫茶店 (café) and 店員 (clerk).
店 is written in 8 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
店 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 店 | みせ | store / shop |
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん | café |
| 店員 | てんいん | clerk |
占 tends to carry the sound てん. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 占 | てん | fortune-telling, divining |
| 点 | てん | spot, point |
| 店 | てん | store, shop |
| 貼 | てん | stick, paste |
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