居
reside; to be; exist; live with
8 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 836.
Readings
- キョ (on reading): 住居表示 (じゅうきょひょうじ) Japanese addressing system (district-block-lot); 居住 (きょじゅう) residence
- い (kun reading): 芝居 (しばい) play; 居酒屋 (いざかや) izakaya
- コ (on reading): 居士 (こじ) grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); 一言居士 (いちげんこじ) person who is ready to comment on every subject
- いる (kun reading): 敷居が高い (しきいがたかい) having a high threshold (for entry); 群れ居る (むれいる) to crowd in
- おる (kun reading): 居り所 (おりどころ) whereabouts
Components
Kanji containing 居
Words using 居
- 住居表示 (じゅうきょひょうじ) Japanese addressing system (district-block-lot)
- 居住 (きょじゅう) residence
- 入居 (にゅうきょ) moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.)
- 隠居 (いんきょ) retirement (from work)
- 住居 (じゅうきょ) dwelling
- 芝居 (しばい) play
- 居酒屋 (いざかや) izakaya
- 居心地 (いごこち) feeling of a house or a room
- 居場所 (いばしょ) whereabouts
- 居眠り (いねむり) nodding off (while sitting)
- 居士 (こじ) grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
- 一言居士 (いちげんこじ) person who is ready to comment on every subject
- 慎重居士 (しんちょうこじ) very cautious person
- 安居 (あんご) varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
- 夏安居 (げあんご) summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study
- 敷居が高い (しきいがたかい) having a high threshold (for entry)
- 群れ居る (むれいる) to crowd in
- 芝居がかる (しばいがかる) to be affected
- 芝居の筋 (しばいのすじ) plot of a play
- 芝居を打つ (しばいをうつ) to play a trick
- 居り所 (おりどころ) whereabouts
- 奇貨可居 (きかおくべし) you must seize every golden opportunity
- 寄居虫 (ごうな) hermit crab
252 words in all.