宅
宅 — Home
home, house, residence, our house, my husband
On’yomiタク (taku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 宅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自宅 | じたく jitaku | one's home; one's house |
| 住宅 | じゅうたく juutaku | residence; housing; residential building |
| 宅 | たく taku | house; home; one's house |
| 在宅 | ざいたく zaitaku | being at home; being in |
| 家宅 | かたく kataku | domicile; premises |
| 住宅地 | じゅうたくち juutakuchi | housing district; residential district |
Study notes
宅 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #357 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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