商 shāng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
商店
shāngdiàn
shop, store
Characters in this word
店 diàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 占 to divine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 商店里人很多。 Shāngdiàn lǐ rén hěn duō. There are lots of people in the shop.
- 这个商店很小。 Zhège shāngdiàn hěn xiǎo. This shop is very small.
- 商店几点开门？ Shāngdiàn jǐ diǎn kāimén? What time does the shop open?