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室

room
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingシツ
Kun readingむろ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. roomRtK
    店で気絶して意識を取り戻した時彼女は応急処置室にいた。She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aid room when she came to.tatoeba
    洗濯室は地下です。The laundry room is in the basement.tatoeba
  2. apartment
  3. cellar
  4. chamber
  5. greenhouse
  1. wife (of someone of high rank)
  2. scabbard
  3. chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Popular Usage

教室会議室研究室温室

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · climax · wall · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · elbow · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 816

Compound words

教室きょうしつ
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons
会議室かいぎしつ
conference room; council room
研究室けんきゅうしつ
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
温室おんしつ
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
正室せいしつ
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
暗室あんしつ
darkroom
一室いっしつ
one room
王室おうしつ
royal family
客室きゃくしつ
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
個室こしつ
single (room); room for one; one's own room; private room; private compartment
皇室こうしつ
Imperial household
室長しつちょう
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
室内しつない
indoor; inside the room
寝室しんしつ
bedroom
石室せきしつ
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
船室せんしつ
stateroom; cabin
茶室ちゃしつ
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
同室どうしつ
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
入室にゅうしつ
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
病室びょうしつ
sickroom; hospital room; ward
分室ぶんしつ
detached office; annex
別室べっしつ
separate room; another room; special room; concubine (of a noble)
密室みっしつ
locked room; secret room
洋室ようしつ
Western-style room

On Reading Examples

先生は生徒達に講義室を退出させなかった。しつ
The teacher did not permit the students to leave the lecture hall.tatoeba
事務用備品を保管室に保管するように秘書にいって下さい。しつ
Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼の研究室では「博士」と呼ばれている。
He is addressed as "Doctor" in his laboratory.tatoeba
彼は男の子たちに教室で叫ばないよう命じた。
He ordered the boys not to shout in the classroom.tatoeba
彼は待合室を見回した。
He looked around the waiting room.tatoeba
彼は待合室に座っています。
He's sitting in the waiting room.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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