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Chinese symbol for “store”

商店
shāng diàn
store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for store is 商店 (shāng diàn), defined as: store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā).

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
店 diàn
shop, store; inn, hotel
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “store”

WordPinyinMeaning
店铺 (店鋪)diàn pùstore; shop
贮存 (貯存)zhù cúnto store; to deposit
门店 (門店)mén diàn(retail) store
储藏 (儲藏)chǔ cángto store; deposit
卖场 (賣場)mài chǎng(big) store

Related words

Other words that share a character with 商店.

WordPinyinMeaning
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)
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
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)
饭店 (飯店)fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
书店 (書店)shū diànbookstore; measure word: 家 (jiā)

See also: Japanese symbol for “store”.

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.