9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N4

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Kun'yomi
  • greenhouse
On'yomi
  • room ②wife (of someone of high rank) ③scabbard ④Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

シツ 96.4%
むろ 3.6%

Character Breakdown

room, apartment, chamber
シツ むろ (2nd, N4)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

room ②wife (of someone of high rank) ③scabbard ④Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
classroom ②department (in a university) ③class ④school (for a particular discipline)
locked room ②secret room
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.)
library (usu. single-room)
laboratory ②seminar room ③professor's office
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References

Unicode hex code 5BA4
JIS X 0208 1-28-28
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1300
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1327
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2254
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2802
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1442
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1943
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 754
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 816
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 421
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1183
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 278
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 7136
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 136
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 166
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 166
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 232
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 157
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 152
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 176
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 331
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.5
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 477
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 761
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m6.4
Four corner code 3010.4
De Roo Code 772