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宅

House
Stroke count: 6

Readings

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JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 23

Verbs with «宅»

帰宅する

Meanings

  1. house
    彼は典型的な日本の住宅に住んでいた。He lived in a typical Japanese-style house.tatoeba
  2. homeRtK
  3. residence
  4. our house
  5. my husband
  1. one's house
  2. one's home
  3. one's husband

Homonyms

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Same reading (たく)
卓 · table炊く · to cook (grains, e.g. rice)焚く · to burn

Popular Usage

お宅帰宅住宅

Radicals and components

Radical宀roof
Components
How it's built
宅
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · lock of hair

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2065

Compound words

お宅おたく
your house; your home; your family; your husband; your organization
帰宅きたく
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
住宅じゅうたく
residence; housing; residential building
家宅かたく
domicile; premises
在宅ざいたく
being at home; being in
自宅じたく
one's home; one's house
社宅しゃたく
company housing; housing provided by one's company
宅地たくち
building lot; residential land
宅配たくはい
home delivery
邸宅ていたく
(large) house; residence; mansion
住宅街じゅうたくがい
residential area
住宅地じゅうたくち
housing district; residential district
宅急便たっきゅうびん
TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)
宅配便たくはいびん
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
仮宅かりたく
temporary dwelling
火宅かたく
this world of suffering
旧宅きゅうたく
former residence
凶宅きょうたく
unlucky house
御宅おたく
your house
妾宅しょうたく
house in which a mistress is kept
宅配車たくはいしゃ
(home) delivery truck
家宅捜査かたくそうさ
house search (e.g. by the police)
家宅捜索かたくそうさく
house search (e.g. by the police)
共同住宅きょうどうじゅうたく
apartment house

Additional Examples

彼は電話を受けるとすぐに帰宅した。
He went home as soon as he got the phone call.tatoeba
彼は絶望して帰宅した。
He came home in despair.tatoeba
彼は私に帰宅するよう言ったので、私は従った。
He told me to go home and I obeyed him.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

House, home. 宀 (roof) + 乇 (sprout) — a roof where you put down roots.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 宅

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