Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Kunyomi: むろ

Onyomi: シツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(きょうしつ)   classroom

研究(けんきゅうしつ)   seminar room, prof's office

図書(としょしつ)   library room

(こしつ)   private room

(わしつ)   Japanese-style room

(おんしつ)   greenhouse

(ねむろ)   Nemuro

Onyomi Examples

シツ room, wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

シツチョウ section chief, laboratory manager, office head, room monitor

ドウシツ same room, sharing a room, occupying the same room

コウシツ Imperial household

Kunyomi Examples

むろ greenhouse, icehouse, cellar

むろまち Muromachi period (1336-1573)

せきしつ stone hut, rock chamber, tomb, stone burial chamber

こおりむろ ice house, ice room, cold room