HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 2
店
Shop, store, or inn
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 2
Why does 店 look like this?
Top-left: 广 (guǎng) meaning 'shelter' or 'building'; Inside: 占 (zhàn) which acts as a phonetic component and carries the sense of 'occupying' a space. Together, they represent a building where one occupies a space to do business!