Meaning
Home, residence, or house. Often used in compound words to refer to one's own or someone else’s dwelling.
- 宅 — (honorific) your home
- 住宅 — residence
- 宅配 — home delivery
- 自宅 — one's own home
- 帰宅 — returning home
- 別宅 — secondary home
宅 is a 形声文字 made of the semantic component 宀 (roof) and the phonetic component 乇 (タク). Together, they imply a place to settle or reside under a roof — a home.
彼は 自宅で 仕事をしています。
He works from home.
宅配サービスを 利用しました。
I used a home delivery service.
宅 is pronounced タク. It does not have a commonly used kun-yomi in modern Japanese.