店

diàn

inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1])

(bound form) shop; store

shelter (广) + sound: zhān/diàn (占) = shop or inn

广 is a lean-to shelter or covered building, giving the character its sense of a place with a roof. 占 mainly contributes the diàn sound; the shelter radical does the semantic work.

广+占→店
占To occupyPhonetic
广A lean-to shelterSemantic

这家店卖的东西很便宜。

zhè jiā diàn mài de dōng xi hěn pián yi。

the things this shop sells are very cheap.

他在镇上开了一家小店。

tā zài zhèn shàng kāi le yī jiā xiǎo diàn。

he opened a small store in town.

Words with 店

餐饮店

cān yǐn diàn

dining room

分店

fēn diàn

branch (of a chain store)

加盟店

jiā méng diàn

franchise store

直营店

zhí yíng diàn

company-owned store; store directly operated by the parent company (as opposed to one run by a franchisee, agent or distributor)

新华书店

xīn huá shū diàn

Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain

店面

diàn miàn

shop front

酒店

jiǔ diàn

wine shop

大饭店

dà fàn diàn

grand hotel; large, upscale hotel

皇冠假日酒店

huáng guān jià rì jiǔ diàn

Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)

4S店

4s diàn

authorized full-service car dealership (offering sales, spare parts, after-sales service and customer support)

速食店

sù shí diàn

fast food shop

连销店

lián xiāo diàn

chain store

More characters with 广

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