鋪

Phono-semantic compound formed from:

金 (metal, tool, material) — indicating connection to physical work or objects.

甫 (po) — providing sound and connotation of foundation, spreading, or beginning.

Originally, the character referred to “laying out metal or sheets”, and by extension, to spreading or displaying any material.

Later, the meaning broadened metaphorically to laying out goods — hence, a store or shop.

In Korean compounds, 鋪 is often used in the sense of “store” (점포, 분포, 약포) or “spread/display” (포진, 포설).

鋪設 (포설) — to lay, to spread (wires, roads, etc.)

鋪床 (포상) — to make or spread bedding

鋪開 (포개) — to unfold, to open out

店鋪 (점포) — a shop, store, or stall

鋪子 (포자) — small shop (colloquial)

鋪陳 (포진) — to display, to arrange decoratively

鋪張 (포장) — ostentation, display, extravagance