Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: reside, to be, exist, live with

Kunyomi: い.る -い お.る

Onyomi: キョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しかばね

Meaning: corpse

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

住地(きょじゅうち)   residence, address

(じゅうきょ)   house, residence

(こうきょ)   Imperial Palace

する(にゅうきょする)   move in

する(てんきょする)   move, change residence

する(どうきょする)   live together

する(べっきょする)   separate (from spouse)

る(いる)   be, exist

間(いま)   living room

眠り(いねむり)   nap

留守(いるす)   pretend to be out

る(おる)   be, exist [hum.]

Onyomi Examples

キョ residence

キョシツ living room

ニュウキョ moving into (house)

ジュウキョ dwelling, house, residence, address

コジ grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix), private-sector scholar

Kunyomi Examples

いる to be (of animate objects), to exist, to stay, to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing

留守 いるす pretending to be out

おる to be (animate), to be, to exist, to be ..ing, to (have the audacity to) do