shop
N4- Onyomi
- テン
- Kunyomi
- みせ
- Stroke count
- 8
- JLPT
- N4
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 店 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall, and beside it 占 (occupy / foretell) — a diviner's crack placed right over a spot, claiming it. Picture a building of two storeys, a small roof sitting above a wider one, put 店 inside it, and let that scene stand for "shop" — shop. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 8
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は8画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 8 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
店
mise
shop
店員
ten'in
shop clerk
支店
shiten
branch (store
店に行きます
mise ni ikimasu
to go to the shop
店の近くです
mise no chikaku desu
near the shop
店員と話します
ten'in to hanashimasu
to talk with the shop clerk
Example sentences (3)
店員に値段を聞きました。
てんいん に ねだん を ききました。
ten'in ni nedan o kikimashita.
I asked the clerk about the price.
あの店の店員はとても親切です。
あの みせ の てんいん は とても しんせつ です。
ano mise no ten'in wa totemo shinsetsu desu.
The clerk at that shop is very kind.
あの店のラーメンはおいしいです。
あの みせ の らーめん は おいしい です。
ano mise no raamen wa oishii desu.
The ramen at that shop is delicious.