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The Kanji Map

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: 宀 至

室

Radical

Radical: 宀

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

教室(きょうしつ)   classroom

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

図書室(としょしつ)   library room

個室(こしつ)   private room

和室(わしつ)   Japanese-style room

温室(おんしつ)   greenhouse

根室(ねむろ)   Nemuro

Onyomi Examples

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

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

同室 (ドウシツ) same room, sharing a room, occupying the same room

皇室 (コウシツ) Imperial household

Kunyomi Examples

室 (むろ) greenhouse, icehouse, cellar

室町 (むろまち) Muromachi period (1336-1573)

石室 (せきしつ) stone hut, rock chamber, tomb, stone burial chamber

氷室 (ひむろ) ice house, ice room, cold room

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