室 — how to write the kanji for “room”
室 means “room”, “apartment” and “chamber”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. Its parts sit stacked: 宀 (“roof”, its radical), strokes 1–3; 至 (“climax”), strokes 4–9, each finished before the next. On its own it is the word shitsu, “room; wife”. Its common words take the reading shitsu: 教室 (“classroom”), 室内 (“indoor”), 室長 (“section chief”) and 皇室 (“Imperial household”). Chinese reads it shì, “room”, at HSK 2.
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 宀 (“roof”)
- On
- シツ
- Kun
- むろ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Dot ㇔top leftdownwards
- Horizontal hook ㇖top leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Left-falling-turn ㇜centerdown and left → rightwards
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- シツ shitsu
- Kun (native)
- むろ muro
- Meanings
- room; apartment; chamber; greenhouse; cellar
- Read shitsu
- 教室 室内 室長 皇室 会議室 研究室
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 550th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 실 sil
- Common words
- 37 in JMdict
Words with 室
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教室 | きょうしつ kyoushitsu | classroom; lecture room |
| 室内 | しつない shitsunai | indoor; inside the room |
| 室長 | しつちょう shitsuchou | section chief; laboratory manager |
| 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 |
| 一室 | いっしつ isshitsu | one room |
| 密室 | みっしつ misshitsu | locked room; secret room |
| 温室 | おんしつ onshitsu | greenhouse; hothouse |
| 王室 | おうしつ oushitsu | royal family |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: