室
室 — Room
room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
On’yomiシツ (shitsu)
Kun’yomiむろ (muro)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 室
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教室 | きょうしつ kyoushitsu | classroom; lecture room; department (in a university) |
| 室長 | しつちょう shitsuchou | section chief; laboratory manager; office head |
| 室内 | しつない shitsunai | indoor; inside the room |
| 皇室 | こうしつ koushitsu | Imperial household |
| 会議室 | かいぎしつ kaigishitsu | conference room; council room |
| 研究室 | けんきゅうしつ kenkyuushitsu | laboratory; seminar room; professor's office |
Study notes
室 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #550 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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