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Kanji Detail for 屋 - "house, roof, shop"

屋

  • Meaning

    屋 means "house, roof, shop."

    1. House - A dwelling; a place where people live.

    2. Roof - The covering over a building.

    3. Shop - A place of business; a store.

  • Words using 屋

    • 部屋 へや Listen room; chamber; apartment
    • 総会屋 そうかいや Listen extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
    • 小屋 こや Listen hut; cabin; shed
    • 屋上 おくじょう Listen rooftop
    • 屋敷 やしき Listen residence; estate; grounds
    • 料理屋 りょうりや Listen restaurant
    • 家屋 かおく Listen house; building
    • 屋外 おくがい Listen outdoors; outside

  • Four-character idioms with 屋

    • 屋上架屋 おくじょうかおく Listen gilding the lily; adding redundant things
    • 愛及屋烏 あいきゅうおくう Listen infatuation; doting

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    • Verified meaning: house, roof, shop
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 屋

    Surnames 屋(おく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    roof; house; shop; dealer; seller

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    house; room; building, shelter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) house; (bound form) room

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    building, house, shelter; room

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A dwelling. (Book of Odes) "Where will the crow stop? At whose house?" Now, extending love to others is called 愛屋及烏, with wording from (Garden of Stories). | A carriage canopy. Such as 黃屋左纛, the ancient system for the emperor's carriage.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    oku(オク) オク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ya(や) や

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    house roof shop covering occupation business building dwelling home shelter residence architecture property store structure construction

Sentences including 屋

  • He set things in order in his room.

  • It was dark and cold in the room.

  • He is nothing more than a politician.

  • The curtains make this room beautiful.

  • He walked up and down the room.

  • May i see the room , please?

  • I have a telephone in my room.

  • I use the room in common with my sister.

  • My mother cleans the room.

  • Don't you think the air conditioner is turned up too high in here?

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