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).

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Meanings

n grocer; grocery store

Kanji and stroke order

食

eat, food

on: ショク、ジキ
kun: く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

9 strokes · JLPT 4

料

fee, materials

on: リョウ

10 strokes · JLPT 3

品

goods, refinement, dignity

on: ヒン、ホン
kun: しな

9 strokes · JLPT 3

店

store, shop

on: テン
kun: みせ、たな

8 strokes · JLPT 4

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.