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屋 — 9 strokes / Radical「尸」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 9 strokes / Radical「尸」
On
オクおく · oku
Kun
やya
Meaning
roof, shop, building

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

尸 (roof) + 至 (to arrive and rest) — a covered place where people arrive and settle: a building.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onオクおくoku屋上おくじょう屋外おくがい家屋かおく
Kunやya屋根やね花屋はなや楽屋がくや

Compare: 家

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 屋上おくじょう

    rooftop

  • 本屋ほんや

    bookshop

More words with this kanji

  • 部屋へや
  • 瓦屋根かわらやね
  • 庄屋しょうや
  • 茅屋ぼうおく
  • 牢屋ろうや
  • 屋根葺きやねふき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

本屋(ほんや)で 絵本(えほん)を かいました。

I bought a picture book at the bookshop.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

屋上本屋屋上up本book局office尸corpse尺shaku尤reason…尻buttoc…沃fertil…億hundre…憶recoll…噫alas澳a cove
CompoundRadicalReading

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