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Kanji Detail for 宅 - "home, house, residence"

宅

  • Meaning

    宅 means "home, house, residence."

    1. Home - A residence; a dwelling.

    2. House - A place to live; a domicile.

  • Words using 宅

    • 住宅 じゅうたく Listen residence; housing; residential building
    • 自宅 じたく Listen one's home; one's house
    • 在宅 ざいたく Listen being at home; being in
    • 家宅 かたく Listen domicile; premises
    • 宅地 たくち Listen building lot; residential land
    • 住宅地 じゅうたくち Listen housing district; residential district
    • 宅配 たくはい Listen home delivery
    • 帰宅 きたく Listen returning home; going home; coming home

  • Tattoo check: 宅

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

    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 宅

    Given names 宅(たく)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    home; house; residence; our house; my husband

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    residence, dwelling, home; grave

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    residence, dwelling, home; grave

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

    A dwelling. One's residence is called 宅. Hence, dwelling in a place is also 宅. (Documents) "Made them settle in many places." | Ancients' graves were also called 宅. Such as 宅兆. Now, residences are called 陽宅 (yang dwelling), burial places 陰宅 (yin dwelling).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    taku(タク) タク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    home house residence grave cemetery abode apartment building domicile dwelling habitation hearth living quarters lodging shelter

Sentences including 宅

  • My father got home late last night.

  • Hardly had we come home when it began to rain.

  • Let me take you home.

  • I got leave to go home.

  • She takes a taxi from the station to her house.

  • The teacher allowed him to go home.

  • He came home at ten.

  • I would like to go home now.

  • He had just come home when i called.

  • My father came home just now.

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