店 diàn shop; inn; store
Made up of [广 guǎng vast; wide radical 53, 占 zhān to observe; to divine ]Made with 8 strokes.
The 'cliff' radical suggests some sort of shelter for a building, 'zhan' is a rough phonetic
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Also uses 广 guǎng component: 床 chuáng (bed) 度 dù (to pass) 庆 qìng (celebrate) 唐 táng (Tang) 应 yìng (to answer) 座 zuò (seat)
Also uses 占 zhān component: 点 diǎn (spot) 贴 tiē (to stick) 站 zhàn (station) 战 zhàn (to fight) 粘 zhān (to glue) 钻 zuān (to drill)
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电 diàn (electric)Different tone
点 diǎn (spot)Pronunciation
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