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居

reside
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョ、コ
Kun readingい.る、-い、お.る
JōyōGrade 5

Popular Usage

居る居間芝居居眠り住居隠居居住

Radicals and components

Radical尸corpseComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · old (古) · tombstone · gravestone · church · ten (十) · needle (丨) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1143

Compound words

居るおる
to be (animate); to be; to exist; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed
居間いま
living room (Western style); sitting room
芝居しばい
play; drama
居眠りいねむり
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
住居じゅうきょ
dwelling; house; residence; address
隠居いんきょ
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
居住きょじゅう
residence; living (at, in); abode
居候いそうろう
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
皇居こうきょ
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
雑居ざっきょ
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
新居しんきょ
new home
長居ながい
long visit; overstaying
鳥居とりい
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
転居てんきょ
moving; changing residence; change of address
同居どうきょ
living together; coexistence
入居にゅうきょ
moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence
敷居しきい
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
別居べっきょ
separation; living separately; living apart
居室きょしつ
living room
居酒屋いざかや
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
紙芝居かみしばい
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
居場所いばしょ
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in
居心地いごこち
feeling of a house or a room
居住者きょじゅうしゃ
resident; inhabitant

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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