Japanese symbol for “grocer”
食料品店
しょくりょうひんてん
Romaji: shokuryouhinten
grocer; grocery store
In Japanese, grocer is 食料品店, read しょくりょうひんてん (shokuryouhinten).
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.
Meanings
- n grocer; grocery store
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 食べ物 | たべもの tabemono | food |
| 食料 | しょくりょう shokuryou | food |
| 食べる | たべる taberu | to eat |
| 食う | くう kuu | to eat |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
| 店舗 | てんぽ tenpo | shop; store; establishment |
See also: Chinese symbol for “grocer”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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