宿 – inn, lodging, relay station

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#701 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 宿 means inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュク (shuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やど、やど.る、やど.す (yado, yadoru, yadosu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュク	shuku
Kun’yomi	やど	yado
Kun’yomi	やど.る	yadoru
Kun’yomi	やど.す	yadosu

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: 化・白・宀.

Words using 宿

宿題しゅくだいhomework下宿げしゅくboarding宿やどlodging宿泊しゅくはくaccommodation宿命しゅくめいfate民宿みんしゅくguest house

Example sentences

今日は宿題が無い。

I have no homework today.

Tatoeba #171597

彼女は学生を下宿させている。

She boards students.

Tatoeba #90689

私は下宿を探していました。

I was on the hunt for lodgings.

Tatoeba #158181

Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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