宅 – home, house, residence

6 strokesTaught in grade 6#357 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 宅 means home, house, residence, our house, my husband. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タク (taku). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タク	taku

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: ノ・一・乙・宀.

Words using 宅

お宅おたくyour house宅たくhouse住宅じゅうたくresidence帰宅きたくreturning home自宅じたくone's home邸宅ていたく(large) house社宅しゃたくcompany housing

Example sentences

お宅の暖房はどのようにしていますか。

How do you heat the house?

Tatoeba #226891

ワシントン市の友人宅に泊まります。

I'm staying at my friend's house in Washington City.

Tatoeba #191974

どちらかといえば木造住宅に住みたい。

I'd rather live in a wooden house.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容害宮審守察室客完富寄

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