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Kanji Detail for 居 - "to reside, to stay"

居

  • Meaning

    居 means "to reside, to stay." Also associated with to keep.

    1. Reside - To live in a place; to dwell.

    2. Stay - To remain in one location; to be present.

    3. Keep - To store; to hold onto.

  • Words using 居

    • 芝居 しばい Listen play; drama
    • 居住 きょじゅう Listen residence; living (at, in); abode
    • 皇居 こうきょ Listen Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
    • 住居 じゅうきょ Listen dwelling; house; residence
    • 入居 にゅうきょ Listen moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence
    • 同居 どうきょ Listen living together; coexistence
    • 居間 いま Listen living room (Western style); sitting room
    • 別居 べっきょ Listen separation; living separately; living apart

  • Four-character idioms with 居

    • 一言居士 いちげんこじ Listen person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic
    • 奇貨可居 きかおくべし Listen you must seize every golden opportunity; strike while the iron is hot; when you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price
    • 小人閑居 しょうじんかんきょ Listen a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)
    • 慎重居士 しんちょうこじ Listen very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person
    • 蟄居閉門 ちっきょへいもん Listen house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
    • 閉門蟄居 へいもんちっきょ Listen house arrest; being placed in confinement at home

  • Tattoo check: 居

    • Verified meaning: to reside, to stay
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read い, いざき, やす, やすし)
    • Also carries these associations: to keep

    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 居

    Surnames 居(い)Listen 居(いざき)Listen 居(やす)Listen 居(やすし)Listen 居(わかし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reside; to be; exist; live with

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    live, dwell, reside, sit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ju

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit

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

    To dwell. Such as 燕居, meaning leisurely living at home without affairs. | To store. 化居 means exchanging what one has accumulated. See (Book of Documents). Hence storing goods is called 居積. Hoarding goods awaiting higher prices is called 居奇. Also, harboring ill intentions is called 居心不良, same meaning. | To occupy. Such as 居其多數. | Settled. (Book of Odes) "Settled and bore a child." Now, things as expected are called 居然如此. | A particle. 何居 is like asking "why is it so." Also written as 其.

  • Onyomi

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    ko(コ) コ

    kyo(キョ) キョ

  • Kunyomi

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    i(い) い

    i.ru(い-る) い-る

    o.ru(お-る) お-る

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to reside to stay to keep abide dwell endure exist inhabit live lodge occupy persist remain settle sojourn location place presence

Sentences including 居

  • It so happened that they were not there.

  • You may stay here if you want to.

  • Last night i began to nod off in front of the tv.

  • I was at home then.

  • It is just an act.

  • I would rather stay home than go out.

  • The play begins at six this evening.

  • You may stay here as long as you keep quiet.

  • She got on a bus and took a seat in the front.

  • You may stay here as long as you keep quiet.

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