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舗

舗·shop, store, pave

On-yomi
ほ
Kun-yomi
none

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Stroke order

Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.

Common words

WordReadingMeaning
店舗てんぽshop, store (as premises)
老舗しにせlong-established shop
舗装ほそうpaving (a road)
舗装道路ほそうどうろpaved road

Example sentences

  1. 全国に百の店舗がある。

    ぜんこくにひゃくのてんぽがある。

    There are a hundred stores nationwide.

  2. この老舗は二百年続いている。

    このしにせはにひゃくねんつづいている。

    This long-established shop has been going for two hundred years.

  3. 村の道路がようやく舗装された。

    むらのどうろがようやくほそうされた。

    The village road was finally paved.

Similar-looking kanji

Do not confuse these on the exam.

Common mistakes

  • Reading 老舗 as ろうほ — the usual reading is しにせ
  • Reading 店舗 as てんほ; it geminates and voices to てんぽ

Memory aid

Picture it

The 舎 'building' element plus 甫: a building laid out for trade, and by extension a surface laid out flat.

Vocabulary using this kanji

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