居 — reside, to be, exist

いる居 reside

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+5C45 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #836 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1143 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

reside
to be
exist
live with

word

い i Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

居(い) る iru to be (animate) 居(い) 酒(ざか) 屋(や) izakaya Japanese-style pub 居(い) 心(ごこ) 地(ち) igokochi comfort 居(い) 場(ば) 所(しょ) ibasho whereabouts 居(い) 間(ま) ima living room 鳥(とり) 居(い) torii torii gate 芝(しば) 居(い) shibai play 敷(しき) 居(い) shikii threshold

きょ kyo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

居(きょ) 住(じゅう) kyojuu residence 住(じゅう) 居(きょ) juukyo dwelling 入(にゅう) 居(きょ) nyuukyo moving in 同(どう) 居(きょ) doukyo living together

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

尸 corpse

ふる古 old

Used as component in (2)

すえる据 set すそ裾 cuff

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#44 尸 corpse