ChiramiN4 kanji · 7 strokes
住 means live, reside
亻 person · 主 master
住Memory trick
A person who's master (主) of the place: to live, to reside.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- dwell, reside, live, inhabit
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) すむ sumu
すむ (sumu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: すまう sumau
From Chinese (onyomi) ジュウ juu
ジュウ (juu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ヂュウ juu, チュウ chuu
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Common word
住所 じゅうしょ · juusho
address, residence
Built from
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Quick check
What does 住 mean?
Right: 住 means live, reside.Not quite: 住 means live, reside.In 住所, which reading does 住 use?
Right. 住所 is read じゅうしょ (juusho): 住 takes ジュウ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 住所 is read じゅうしょ (juusho): 住 takes ジュウ, its reading from Chinese.