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Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
roof; (simp.) wide
observe; divine; seize — The pronunciation of 店 was similar to 占 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
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Characters that use 店 as a component, most common first.
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