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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 零售店 | líng shòu diàn | shop; retail store |
| 馆 (館) | guǎn | building; shop |
| 店 | diàn | inn; old-style hotel (CL:家 (jiā)); (bound form) shop; store |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mai | purchase and sale; transaction; shop; store |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 商铺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
| 商品 | shāng pǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant; businessman |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 商务 (商務) | shāng wù | commercial affairs; commercial |
| 店铺 (店鋪) | diàn pù | store; shop |
| 铺设 (鋪設) | pū shè | to 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.