漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
舎: cottage, inn
Also: hut, house, mansion
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
吉 carries the meaning · 人 carries meaning and sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シャsha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 校舎こうしゃschool building
- 兵舎へいしゃbarracks
- 寄宿舎きしゅくしゃboarding house
- 舎しゃhut; house
- 宿舎しゅくしゃlodging (house); accommodation; hotel
- 庁舎ちょうしゃ
- 公舎こうしゃofficial residence
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 田舎いなかcountry side, home town
Also read セキ, やどる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Shelter under the roof! This radical looks like a person spreading their arms wide or a simple roof over a home.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
吉
Also built on good luck (吉)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side舎 cottage · 人
vs周 circumference · 冂In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · shè
Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.
Pinyin shè most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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