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Readings

Kana: シツ、むろ
Romaji: shitsu, muro
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  550
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-3-6
Korean Reading:  sil
Chinese Reading:  shi4
Unicode:  5ba4
JIS:  3C3C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2254
Nelson Index: 1300
New Nelson Index: 1327
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m6.4
Four Corner Index: 3010.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 136
Gakken Index: 421
Japanese Names Index: 1183
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7136
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.1002
Remembering the kanji Index: 754
Busy People Index: 3.5
Kanji Flashcards Index: 157
Kodansha Compact Index: 477
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 152
Kanji in Context Index: 331
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1442
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1943
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 761
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 816
Essential Kanji Index: 278
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2802
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 772
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 232
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 176

Words

(しつ)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
教室 (きょうしつ)
classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school
正室 (せいしつ)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
客室 (きゃくしつ)
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
王室 (おうしつ)
royal family
(むろ)
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
室町 (むろまち)
Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)
室内 (しつない)
indoor; inside the room
皇室 (こうしつ)
Imperial household
側室 (そくしつ)
concubine (of a noble)
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