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:

Onyomi: オク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しかばね

Meaning: corpse

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

上(おくじょう)   rooftop

内(おくない)   indoor

外(おくがい)   outdoor

敷(やしき)   mansion

根(やね)   roof

(ほんや)   bookstore

(へや)   room

Onyomi Examples

オク house, building, roof

オクガイ outdoors, outside

ソウオク thatched hut

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

やしき residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

ながや tenement house, row house

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