HSK 1 · Shopping & money

书店

shū diàn

bookstore

Stroke order of 书店

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

书 · 4 strokes 店 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

书 books lined up under a roof-like 广 shop building: a bookstore.

Parts: 书 book + 店 shop (广 building + 占)

The characters in 书店

书 shū — book (4 strokes)
店 diàn — shop; store (8 strokes)

Example sentence

他在书店工作。

He works at a bookstore.

Words with 书

读书to read; to study 书book 书包schoolbag 图书馆library 书架bookshelf

Words with 店

饭店restaurant; hotel 商店shop; store 药店pharmacy 酒店hotel; restaurant 店shop; store

More words: Shopping & money

买to buy 钱money 钱包wallet 块yuan (unit of money, spoken)毛ten cents (spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 包bag; to wrap

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