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宿

Readings

Kana: シュク、やど、やど.る、やど.す
Romaji: shuku, yado, yado.ru, yado.su
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: すく、ぶすき、やけ
Romaji: suku, busuki, yake
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Romaji

Meanings

inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  701
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  xiu4
Unicode:  5bbf
JIS:  3D49

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2293
Nelson Index: 1317
New Nelson Index: 1344
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m8.3
Four Corner Index: 3026.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 505
Gakken Index: 406
Japanese Names Index: 1438
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7195
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.1038
Remembering the kanji Index: 995
Busy People Index: 3.10
Kanji Flashcards Index: 470
Kodansha Compact Index: 488
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 327
Kanji in Context Index: 326
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1475
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1985
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1004
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1070
Essential Kanji Index: 549
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2858
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 778
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 634
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 374

Words

宿 (やど)
lodging; inn; hotel; house; home; dwelling; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
宿 (しゅく)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
合宿 (がっしゅく)
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
宿場 (しゅくば)
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
下宿 (げしゅく)
boarding; lodging; boarding house
(しゅく)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
宿泊 (しゅくはく)
lodging
宿主 (しゅくしゅ、やどぬし)
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
宿る (やどる)
to dwell; to live; to remain; to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation; to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)
宿舎 (しゅくしゃ)
lodging house
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