宿
lodge; inn; lodging; relay station; dwell; be pregnant; home; dwelling
11 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 701.
Readings
- シュク (on reading): 宿題 (しゅくだい) homework; 宿泊 (しゅくはく) accommodation
- やど (kun reading): 宿 (やど) lodging; 雨宿り (あまやどり) taking shelter from rain
- やどる (kun reading): 宿る (やどる) to dwell (in); 宿木 (やどりぎ) mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album)
- やどす (kun reading): 宿す (やどす) to house; 子を宿す (こをやどす) to be pregnant
- Read as a whole word: 奎宿 (とかきぼし) Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); 宿直 (とのい) night duty (in an imperial court, public office, etc.)
Components
Kanji containing 宿
Words using 宿
- 宿題 (しゅくだい) homework
- 宿泊 (しゅくはく) accommodation
- 原宿 (はらじゅく) Harajuku (Shibuya Ward; Tokyo)
- 宿主 (しゅくしゅ) host
- 合宿 (がっしゅく) lodging together
- 宿 (やど) lodging
- 雨宿り (あまやどり) taking shelter from rain
- 宿屋 (やどや) inn
- 売春宿 (ばいしゅんやど) brothel
- 温泉宿 (おんせんやど) hot spring inn
- 宿る (やどる) to dwell (in)
- 宿木 (やどりぎ) mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album)
- 健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る (けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどる) a sound mind is in a sound body
- 正直の頭に神宿る (しょうじきのこうべにかみやどる) honesty is the best policy
- 宿す (やどす) to house
- 子を宿す (こをやどす) to be pregnant
- 種を宿す (たねをやどす) to be the mother of someone's child
- 因果の胤を宿す (いんがのたねをやどす) to become pregnant with an illegitimate child
- 奎宿 (とかきぼし) Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 宿直 (とのい) night duty (in an imperial court, public office, etc.)
- 宿禰 (すくね) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.)
- 宿曜 (すくよう) form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing
- 宿曜道 (すくようどう) form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
- 参宿 (からすきぼし) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 胃宿 (えきえぼし) Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
179 words in all.