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Kanji Detail for 住 - "to live"

住

  • Meaning

    住 means "to live." Also associated with to stay, to settle.

    1. Live - To reside; to dwell.

    2. Stay - To remain in a place.

    3. Settle - To establish residence.

  • Words using 住

    • 住宅 じゅうたく Listen residence; housing; residential building
    • 住民 じゅうみん Listen inhabitant; resident; citizen
    • 在住 ざいじゅう Listen residing; living; dwelling
    • 先住 せんじゅう Listen original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
    • 居住 きょじゅう Listen residence; living (at, in); abode
    • 住み心地 すみごこち Listen (level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
    • 住居 じゅうきょ Listen dwelling; house; residence
    • 住宅地 じゅうたくち Listen housing district; residential district

  • Four-character idioms with 住

    • 一所不住 いっしょふじゅう Listen vagrant; transient lifestyle
    • 常住不断 じょうじゅうふだん Listen ceaseless; constant; uninterrupted
    • 常住不滅 じょうじゅうふめつ Listen everlasting; forever unchanging; undying
    • 常住坐臥 じょうじゅうざが Listen at all times; day in, day out; constantly
    • 行住坐臥 ぎょうじゅうざが Listen daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep

  • Tattoo check: 住

    • Verified meaning: to live
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じゅう, しゅういち, しゅうこ, しゅうじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to stay, to settle

    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 住

    Given names 住(すみ)Listen

    Surnames 住(じゅう)Listen 住(しゅういち)Listen 住(しゅうこ)Listen 住(しゅうじ)Listen 住(しゅうぞう)Listen 住(しゅうみ)Listen 住(すみざき)Listen 住(すみとも)Listen 住(すみのり)Listen 住(すむ)Listen 住(そういち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dwell; reside; live; inhabit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

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

    To stop. (Li Bai's poem) "The apes on both banks cry without stopping." | To dwell. Such as the three things: clothing, food, and housing.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

    dyuu(ヂュウ) ヂュウ

    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    su.mau(す-まう) す-まう

    su.mu(す-む) す-む

    zu.mai(ず-まい) ず-まい

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to live to stay to settle dwelling reside abode apartment domicile establish habitat home house inhabit lodging occupancy place quarters remain shelter tenancy

Sentences including 住

  • How long have you lived here?

  • They live across the river.

  • How long have you lived in japan?

  • It is no longer a dream for man to live on the moon.

  • She lives in an apartment alone.

  • My brother lives in a small village.

  • It will become more and more difficult to live in the village.

  • Tom is living with his uncle now.

  • Many kinds of birds live in japan.

  • She lives next door to him.

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