Yin Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Wide (guǎng)
Kangxi stroke count: 8
Page 344, Entry 11
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Combined Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced dian (falling tone).
Cui Bao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times (Gujin Zhu): A shop is a place for placing things. It is a location used for storing goods and selling items.
Xu Mian's Letter of Admonition to My Sons (Jie Zishu): Some desire to open fields and gardens, while others suggest constructing mansions and shops.
Also interchangeable with dian.
Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A shop is a place where wine vessels are placed. Sometimes also written in a variant form (dian).