Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 宀 (うかんむり) – crown

Henshall Mnemonic: arrive at roofed room

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #550 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 教室   [きょうしつ]
  (n) classroom   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 会議室   [かいぎしつ]
  conference room; council room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 研究室   [けんきゅうしつ]
  (n) seminar room; laboratory; prof's office   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 待合室   [まちあいしつ]
  (n) waiting room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 温室   [おんしつ]
  (n) greenhouse   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 控室   [ひかえしつ]
  (n) waiting room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 室   [しつ]
  (n,n-suf) room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 浴室   [よくしつ]
  (n) bathroom; bath   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 控え室   [ひかえしつ]
  (n) waiting room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 図書室   [としょしつ]
  (n) library room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 病室   [びょうしつ]
  (n) sickroom; hospital room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 同室   [どうしつ]
  (n) the same room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 隣室   [りんしつ]
  (n) next or adjoining room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 居室   [きょしつ]
  (n) living room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 皇室   [こうしつ]
  (n) Imperial household   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 洋室   [ようしつ]
  (n) Western-style room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 分室   [ぶんしつ]
  (n) detached office; annex   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 自室   [じしつ]
  (n) one's own room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寝室   [しんしつ]
  (n) bedroom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 更衣室   [こういしつ]
  (n) locker room; changing room; dressing room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 室町   [むろまち]
  (n) Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 室長   [しつちょう]
  (n) room monitor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 密室   [みっしつ]
  (n) secret room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 室内   [しつない]
  (n) in the room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 室内楽   [しつないがく]
  (n) chamber music   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入室   [にゅうしつ]
  (n,vs) entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 事務室   [じむしつ]
  (n) office   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 茶室   [ちゃしつ]
  (n) tea arbour; tearoom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 企画室   [きかくしつ]
  planning office   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 王室   [おうしつ]
  (n) ruling family   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 和室   [わしつ]
  (n) Japanese-style room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地下室   [ちかしつ]
  (n) cellar; basement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 石室   [いしむろ]
  (n) stone hut   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 室 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

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.