居

音読おんよみ: キョ・

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 尸(しかばねだれ)

Meaning

Reside / Dwell / Be Present / Be Located

  • 居間いま — living room
  • 居住きょじゅう — residence
  • 同居どうきょ — living together
  • 転居てんきょ — moving residence
  • 別居べっきょ — living separately
  • 住居じゅうきょ — dwelling; housing
  • 居場所いばしょ — place to be; whereabouts
  • 居酒屋いざかや — Japanese pub

「居」 combines the radical 尸 (shelter/roof form) with 古, originally depicting a person sitting or staying in one place — hence “to reside” or “to be (present).”

かれ東京とうきょうます。
He lives in Tokyo.

居間いまで テレビを ていました。
I was watching TV in the living room.

住
Creates
住居じゅうきょ — dwelling; housing
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