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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

616 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kunyomi: や

Onyomi: オク

Composition: 尸 至

屋

Radical

Radical: 尸

Reading: しかばね

Meaning: corpse

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

屋上(おくじょう)   rooftop

屋内(おくない)   indoor

屋外(おくがい)   outdoor

屋敷(やしき)   mansion

屋根(やね)   roof

本屋(ほんや)   bookstore

部屋(へや)   room

Onyomi Examples

屋 (オク) house, building, roof

屋外 (オクガイ) outdoors, outside

草屋 (ソウオク) thatched hut

塔屋 (トウヤ) rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.

Kunyomi Examples

屋 (や) shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof

屋敷 (やしき) residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

居酒屋 (いざかや) izakaya, tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks

総会屋 (そうかいや) extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings, sokaiya

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