文具店 (wén jù diàn) — stationery store

Definition

noun

stationery store

Measure word · 家

文具店。
Wǒ cháng qù nà jiā wén jù diàn mǎi bǐ hé běn zi.
I often go to that stationery store to buy pens and notebooks.
文具店。
Zhè jiā wén jù diàn de dōng xī bǐ bié jiā pián yi.
This stationery store's things are cheaper than other stores.
文具店。
Xué xiào duì miàn xīn kāi le yì jiā wén jù diàn.
A new stationery store opened across from the school.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

文具stationery

偏正Modifier + head

“文具” names writing tools, and “店” names the place selling them.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

广占店

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

店 shows 广, a house built to depend on a cliff, and 占, which gives the sound.