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
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
住所
address
紙に 住所を 書きます。
I write the address on the paper.
す(む) sumu · kun reading
住む
to live
おじいさんは 島に 住んで います。
My grandfather lives on an island.
す(まう) sumau · kun reading · less common
住まう
to live, to make your home
長く この 町に 住まって います。
I have lived in this town for a long time.
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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.