ジュウ, ヂュウ, チュウ, す.む, す.まう, -ず.まい, じゅ, すみ
dwell, reside, live, inhabit

This kanji has 7 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (24) :


  1. すまい
    dwelling, house, residence, address
  2. まい
    すまい
    dwelling, house, residence, address
  3. みか
    すみか
    dwelling, residence

  4. じゅうみん
    citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

  5. ないじゅう
    indwelling (life)

  6. えいじゅう
    permanent, residence

  7. じゅうにん
    dweller, inhabitant, resident

  8. かりずまい
    temporary residence

  9. わびずまい
    solitary life, wretched abode

  10. かりずまい
    living in rented quarters

  11. すみわけ
    habitat isolation (biology)

  12. すみとも
    Sumitomo (company)

  13. ざいじゅう
    resident

  14. じゅうたく
    resident, housing

  15. あんじゅう
    (vs) living peaceably

  16. すみか
    dwelling, residence

  17. じゅうせん
    housing-loan corporation

  18. すまい
    dwelling, house, residence, address

  19. すみどころ
    residence, address, domicile

  20. じゅうじ
    chief priest of temple

  21. すみつく
    to settle down
  22. らす
    すみあらす
    to leave a house in bad shape

  23. すみこむ
    to be a live-in employee, to live in, to live with
  24. めば
    すめばみやこ
    (id) you can get used to living anywhere
Kanji Character : 住
Kuten Encoding : 2927
SJIS Encoding : 3d3b
Unicode Encoding : 4f4f
Old Nelson Index : 404
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 280
Gakken Index : 248
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 64
Heisig Index : 954
Henshall Index : 310
New Nelson Index : 164
O'Neil Index : 355
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a5.19
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 19
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 156
SKIP Code : 1-2-5
De Roo Code : 2172
Four Corner Code : 2021.4
Korean reading : ju
Pinyin reading : zhu4
Morohashi Index String : 505
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0690
Morohashi Index Number : 505
Morohashi Page : 690
Morohashi Volume : 1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2172
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