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宿
JLPT N3 SL3 11 strokes Frequency: #701

Meanings

Inn, Lodging, Relay Station, Dwell, Lodge, Be Pregnant, Home, Dwelling

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀佰

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot right-to-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 vertical bottom-to-top
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
11 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シュク shuku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
やど yado

Words Using This Kanji

155 words total
Other (20 words)
奎宿 とかきぼし

Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

昴宿 ぼうしゅく

Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

陸宿借 おかやどかり

concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)

善根宿 ぜんこんやど

free lodging (for pilgrims, etc.)

合宿形式 がっしゅくけいしき

residential

宿泊客 しゅくはくきゃく

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

宿泊者 しゅくはくしゃ

lodger

正直の頭に神宿る しょうじきのこうべにかみやどる

honesty is the best policy

寄宿学校 きしゅくがっこう

boarding school

宿泊数 しゅくはくすう

number of nights staying in accommodation

宿曜道 すくようどう

form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)

露の宿 つゆのやど

house covered with dew

露宿 ろしゅく

sleeping outdoors

露の宿り つゆのやどり

house covered with dew

在宿 ざいしゅく

being at home

請宿 うけやど

agency that dispatches lodged servants

車宿り くるまやどり

building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate

宿営地 しゅくえいち

billeting area

旅宿 りょしゅく

travellers' inn

宿雪 しゅくせつ

lingering snow

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