宅

音読おんよみ: タク

訓読くんよみ: (なし)

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 宀(うかんむり / roof)

Meaning

Home, residence, or house. Often used in compound words to refer to one's own or someone else’s dwelling.


  • たく — (honorific) your home
  • 住宅じゅうたく — residence
  • 宅配たくはい — home delivery
  • 自宅じたく — one's own home
  • 帰宅きたく — returning home
  • 別宅べったく — 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.

かれ自宅じたく仕事しごとをしています。
He works from home.

宅配たくはいサービスを 利用りようしました。
I used a home delivery service.

宅 is pronounced タク. It does not have a commonly used kun-yomi in modern Japanese.

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