音読み: ホ
訓読み: none*
画数: 15
部首: 舌（した）
Meaning
shop; storefront / paved surface
- 店舗 — shop; store; storefront
- 本舗 — our store; the original store / “the real one” (often used in ads)
- 老舗 — long-established shop; old, reputable store
- 舗道 — sidewalk; pavement
- 舗装 — paving; road surfacing; asphalt covering
舗 shows the idea of a set, prepared place — a shop front that serves people. Over time it also came to mean a laid-out surface, like a paved road or sidewalk. That’s why 舗 appears both in 店舗 (“store”) and 舗道 (“pavement”).
店 means “shop / store.” Add 舗 and you get 店舗 — a physical storefront, a place that’s set up for business. Think: not just “a shop,” but “the premises.”
Creates
舗道 — sidewalk; paved walkway.