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The kanji 住: meaning, readings and stroke order

住

Meaning
live (at)
On reading
ジュウ juu
Kun reading
す(む) sumu、す(まう) sumau
Strokes
7
Radical
人 man, human
Level
Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Stroke order of 住, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
sống, ở (trụ)
Japanese
すむ。
Korean
살다 (주)
Chinese
住

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュウ juu · on reading

す(む) sumu · kun reading

す(まう) sumau · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 住 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 住 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.