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Kanji Detail for 邸 - "mansion, residence, estate"

  • Meaning

    邸 means "mansion, residence, estate."

    1. Mansion - A large, impressive residence.

    2. Residence - A dwelling place; a home.

    3. Estate - A large property with a house.

  • Words using

    • 官邸 かんてい Listen official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
    • 公邸 こうてい Listen official residence
    • 私邸 してい Listen private residence
    • 御用邸 ごようてい Listen imperial villa
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    • Verified meaning: mansion, residence, estate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read やしき)

    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

    Surnames (やしき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    residence; mansion

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    official residence, residence of

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Di

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    official residence

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

    A residence for vassal states. Where feudal lords stayed when coming to court is called 邸. Colloquially, the mansion of princes and marquises is called 邸. Therefore a certain prince is also called by his residence name (某邸). All large palaces and residences are called 邸第. As in palace bulletins are also called 邸抄.
  • Onyomi

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  • Kunyomi

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  • Strokes

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Sentences including

  • They live in a mansion.

  • A government official's stately mansion was looted.

  • There are large houses along the street.

  • There are no fewer than a dozen bedrooms in this mansion.

  • He lives in that stately mansion.

  • She lives in quite a big mansion.

  • He was very rich, and therefore could buy a mansion.

  • The cat burglar must have entered the mansion from the roof.

  • In addition to a mansion, he owns a Bentley.

  • Happiness lies in the little things: a small yacht, a small mansion, a small fortune...

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