diàn shop; inn; store

Made up of [广 guǎng vast; wide radical 53, zhān to observe; to divine ]
Made with 8 strokes.
The 'cliff' radical suggests some sort of shelter for a building, 'zhan' is a rough phonetic

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Also uses 广 guǎng component: chuáng (bed) (to pass) ; qìng (celebrate) ; táng (Tang) ; yìng (to answer) ; zuò (seat)
Also uses zhān component: diǎn (spot) tiē (to stick) ; zhàn (station) ; zhàn (to fight) ; zhān (to glue) ; zuān (to drill)

Sounds same

diàn (electric)

Different tone

diǎn (spot)

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Pronunciation

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Cities

瓦房店 Wafangdian, Liaoning