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舎

Cottage
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 35

Meanings

  1. cottageRtK
  2. house
  3. hut
  4. inn
  5. mansion
  1. boarding house
  2. residence hall
  3. dormitory

Synonyms

寄宿舎

Popular Usage

田舎校舎

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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umbrella · earthenware jar · lidded crock · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 338

Compound words

田舎いなか
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
校舎こうしゃ
school building; schoolhouse
舎人しゃじん
servant; valet; footman; someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system)
牛舎ぎゅうしゃ
cow shed; cattle barn
宿舎しゅくしゃ
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
庁舎ちょうしゃ
government office building
兵舎へいしゃ
barracks
公舎こうしゃ
official residence
寄宿舎きしゅくしゃ
boarding house; residence hall; dormitory
国民宿舎こくみんしゅくしゃ
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
厩舎きゅうしゃ
stable
駅舎えきしゃ
station building
学舎がくしゃ
school (building)
茅舎ぼうしゃ
thatched cottage
官舎かんしゃ
official residence
禽舎きんしゃ
poultry shed
鶏舎けいしゃ
poultry house
獄舎ごくしゃ
prison building
舎路シアトル
Seattle
廠舎しょうしゃ
barracks
畜舎ちくしゃ
cattle shed
馬舎うまや
stable
鳩舎きゅうしゃ
dovecote
吠舎バイシャ
Vaishya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste)

Additional Examples

彼は都会人の作法を身につけているけれども根は田舎育ちだ。
For all his city ways, he is a country boy at heart.tatoeba
彼は田舎の方へ向かった。
He took his way to the country.tatoeba
彼は田舎をあちこちさまよった。
He wandered about the country.tatoeba
彼は田舎の生活を楽しむようになった。
He has begun to enjoy country life.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Building, cottage. 人 (roof) + 舌 — a simple dwelling. 田舎 countryside, 校舎 school building.

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