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Kanji Information Sheet for 住 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
Henshall Mnemonic: where person lives is where he is master
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #270 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #270 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 住宅 [じゅうたく]
(n) resident; housing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民 [じゅうみん]
(n) citizens; inhabitants; residents; population [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 住まい [すまい]
(n) dwelling; house; residence; address [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住居 [じゅうきょ]
(n) dwelling; house; residence; address [K] [D] [Jisho] - 衣食住 [いしょくじゅう]
(n) necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 居住 [きょじゅう]
(n) residence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住 [じゅう]
(n) dwelling; living [K] [D] [Jisho] - 移住 [いじゅう]
(n) migration; immigration [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 先住 [せんじゅう]
(n) previous priest or resident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 居住者 [きょじゅうしゃ]
resident; inhabitant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 安住 [あんじゅう]
(n,vs) living peaceably [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原住民 [げんじゅうみん]
(n) native people; aboriginal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住まう [すまう]
(v5u) to live; to reside; to inhabit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住み心地 [すみごこち]
(n) comfort (in living place) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住居 [すまい]
(n) dwelling; house; residence; address [K] [D] [Jisho] - 定住 [ていじゅう]
(n) settlement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住職 [じゅうしょく]
(n) chief priest (of a Buddhist temple) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住人 [じゅうにん]
(n) dweller; inhabitant; resident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住専 [じゅうせん]
housing-loan corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住宅街 [じゅうたくがい]
(n) residential area [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住宅金融公庫 [じゅうたくきんゆうこうこ]
(n) Housing Loan Corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住宅地 [じゅうたくち]
(n) housing district; residential district [K] [D] [Jisho] - 現住所 [げんじゅうしょ]
(n) (present) address [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民税 [じゅうみんぜい]
(n) municipal tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民票 [じゅうみんひょう]
(n) citizen (identification) card [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住友 [すみとも]
Sumitomo (company) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住友銀行 [すみともぎんこう]
Sumitomo Bank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 在住 [ざいじゅう]
(n) resident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 永住 [えいじゅう]
(n) permanent residence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.