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住

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Everyday actions

住 Dwell, Reside, Live, Inhabit

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

じゅう、ぢゅう、ちゅう

Mostly used when 住 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

すむ、すまう、-ずまい

Mostly used when 住 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 3
Frequency
#270

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).