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Chinese symbol for “shop”

商铺
shāng pù
Traditional: 商鋪
shop; store

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shop is 商铺 (shāng pù), defined as: shop; store.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes
铺 pù
shop, store; bed, mattress
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shop”

WordPinyinMeaning
商店shāng diànstore; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
零售店líng shòu diànshop; retail store
馆 (館)guǎnbuilding; shop
店diàninn; old-style hotel (CL:家 (jiā)); (bound form) shop; store
买卖 (買賣)mǎi maipurchase and sale; transaction; shop; store

Related words

Other words that share a character with 商铺.

WordPinyinMeaning
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)
商店shāng diànstore; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman
协商 (協商)xié shāngto consult with; to talk things over
商务 (商務)shāng wùcommercial affairs; commercial
店铺 (店鋪)diàn pùstore; shop
铺设 (鋪設)pū shèto lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable)

See also: Japanese symbol for “shop”.

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.

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