室 – room, apartment, chamber

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#550 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 室 means room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ (shitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むろ (muro). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
Kun’yomi	むろ	muro

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 至・土・厶・宀.

Words using 室

教室きょうしつclassroom会議室かいぎしつconference room研究室けんきゅうしつlaboratory室しつroom温室おんしつgreenhouse待合室まちあいしつwaiting room浴室よくしつbathroom控室ひかえしつwaiting room

Example sentences

教室は生徒でいっぱいだった。

The classroom was full of pupils.

Tatoeba #180166

ＬＬ教室を使ってもよいですか。

May we use the language lab?

Tatoeba #234825

エアロビクス教室に一日入学したいのですが。

I'd like to try out the aerobics class for a day.

Tatoeba #228037

Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察客完富寄

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