Chinese symbol for “bookstore”
书店
shū diàn
Traditional: 書店
bookstore; measure word: 家 (jiā)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bookstore is 书店 (shū diàn), defined as: bookstore; measure word: 家 (jiā).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bookstore”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 书店.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 书籍 (書籍) | shū jí | books; works |
| 读书 (讀書) | dú shū | to read a book; to study |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bookstore”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.