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住

dwell
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウ
Kun readingす.む、す.まう、-ず.まい

Meanings

  1. dwellRtK
  2. inhabit
  3. live
    私は入り口のない都市に住むと困ると思います。I think that it would be inconvenient to live in a city with no door.tatoeba
    以後鎌倉に住む。After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ogura lived in Kamakura.wiki
  4. reside
  1. dwelling
  2. living

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

住む住所住宅住民住居衣食住住まい移住居住

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · candlestick · lord · drop (丶) · king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1027

Compound words

彼はジャマイカに住居を構えた。じゅうきょ
He took up residence in Jamaica.tatoeba
残飯の屑は害虫の住処になる。すみか
Garbage harbors vermin.tatoeba
彼は貧しくして小さな小屋に住んでいた。
He was poor and lived in a small cabin.tatoeba
彼は彼女の住所を知っていれば手紙を書くのだがと言った。
He said that if he knew her address, he would write to her.tatoeba
彼は彼女にどこに住んでいるかを尋ねた。
He asked her where she lived.tatoeba
彼は道の反対側に住んでいる。
He lives just across the road.tatoeba
- 豊玉彦が住む宮。
- A palace where Toyotamahiko lived.wiki
住所は京都府舞鶴市。
It belongs to Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture.wiki
住所は下記のとおり。
The addresses are as follows:wiki
駅周辺は住宅街。
The station is situated in a residential area.wiki
木津川台住宅方面
For: Kizugawadai-Jutaku residential areawiki
住民は強制的に立ち退き
Residents in those areas were forcibly ordered to move out of their homes.wiki
住民は強制的に立ち退き。
Residents were forcibly ordered to move out of their homes.wiki
住居に関する単位
Units used for houseswiki
住居に関する祭事
Events for building a housewiki
淑景舎に住まい、桐壺帝の寵愛を受ける。
She lived in Shigeisha, and was loved by Emperor Kiritsubo.wiki
榎本武揚の厚意により近所に仮住まいする。
He lived in a temporary housing in the neighborhood with a kind help of Takeaki ENOMOTO.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

総務省から指導を受けても住民票の記載を変えないと表明した。
そうむしょうからしどうをうけてもじゅうみんひょうのきさいをかえないとひょうめいした。Even after receiving guidance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they declared they would not change the residential registration record.
関東在住の高齢者の家を中心に強盗殺人が多発している。
かんとうざいじゅうのこうれいしゃのいえをちゅうしんにごうとうさつじんがたはつしている。Multiple murders and robberies are occurring mainly in the homes of elderly people living in the Kanto region.
どうもそこには奇妙な人間ばかり住んでいるので、ガリバーはうんざりしてしまいます。
どうもそこにはきみょうなにんげんばかりすんでいるので、がりばーはうんざりしてしまいます。Only strange people seem to live there, and Gulliver gets thoroughly fed up.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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