店diàn
shop, store. 8 strokes, radical 广, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 店
Strokes 1–3 write 广, then strokes 4–8 write 占.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 店 · the stroke-order rules
What 店 is made of
广 (guǎng, broad) and 占 (zhàn, to divine).
广 carries the meaning — building — and 占 carries the sound.
Words that use 店
| 店 | shop, store 专门用来卖东西的地方 街角新开了一家小店。A little shop just opened on the corner. Lesson 18, 冬天到了 · 辨析求是与方寸起居 · Reasoning, Nuance & Winter Comfort |
| 酒店 | hotel 供客人住宿、吃饭的地方 他们在酒店举行了婚礼。They held their wedding at the hotel. Lesson 41, 去酒店 · 登高致远与文辞璀璨 · Broad Perspectives & Literary Radiance |
| 药店 | pharmacy, drugstore 专门卖药给人治病的商店 妈妈去药店买了感冒药。Mom went to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine. Lesson 86, 新学期 · 见贤思齐与日新月异 · Emulating Excellence & Continual Daily Progress |
| 旅店 | inn, small hotel 指供旅客住宿的小店 路过小镇时，我们住进一家旅店。We checked into an inn in the small town. Lesson 617, 旅店旧车 · 德润人心与经世致用 · Moral Governance & Civic Stewardship |
| 商店 | shop, store 摆放日用杂件让人买卖交钱的小店 胡同口那家小商店每天早上八点开门营业。That little shop at the mouth of the alley opens for business at eight every morning. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 19, 工作与开门时间 |
| 书店 | bookshop 专门摆放读本让人买走的小店 林涛下午打算去街角那家新华书店买书。This afternoon Lin Tao plans to go to the Xinhua bookshop on the corner to buy books. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 19, 工作与开门时间 |
| 饭店 | restaurant 做菜让人坐下来吃的大馆子 茶馆隔壁开了一家中餐饭店，生意很红火。A Chinese restaurant has opened next door to the teahouse, and business is booming. Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 19, 工作与开门时间 |
Characters that share the sound part 占
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 广
All 16 of them, and what the radical means, on the 广 radical page.