Kanji
N4 7 strokes Grade 3 freq #270

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

residence; housing
inhabitant; resident
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence
residing; living
residence; living (at, in)
dwelling; living
original inhabitant; aboriginal
housing district; residential district
dwelling; house
permanent residence

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time

Example sentences

The severe housing shortage is partly to blame for the inflated rents.

A factory is not suitable for a residential district.

The plan met with opposition from the inhabitants.

The government put the question to the people in a referendum.