Kanji

居

Meaning

reside to be exist

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • いる
  • しば い play
  • い ま living room (Western style)
  • い ざかや izakaya
  • おる

On'yomi

  • じゅう きょ dwelling
  • きょ じゅう residence
  • どう きょ living together
  • こ じ grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
  • ざ こ ね sleeping together in a huddle
  • いちげん こ じ person who is ready to comment on every subject

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

Related Entries

居 い
being (somewhere), sitting
居 きょ
residence

Component Analysis

居
reside, to be, exist...
い.る, -い, キョ
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
古
old
ふる.い, ふる-, コ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク

Common Words

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