店
店 — Store
store, shop
On’yomiテン (ten)
Kun’yomiみせ (mise)
Kun’yomiたな (tana)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 店
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支店 | してん shiten | branch office; branch store |
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん hyakkaten | department store |
| 書店 | しょてん shoten | bookshop; bookstore |
| 店舗 | てんぽ tenpo | shop; store; establishment |
| 商店 | しょうてん shouten | shop; store; firm |
| 店頭 | てんとう tentou | shopfront; storefront; shopwindow |
Study notes
店 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #378 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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