Kanji N2

宇: eaves, roof, house

宇 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning eaves, roof, house, written with 6 strokes. It is read ウ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 宇宙 (うちゅう, universe) and 宇宙開発 (うちゅうかいはつ, space development).

宇

Meanings

  • eaves
  • roof
  • house
  • heaven
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#883 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 6. Start at the dot.

Common words with 宇

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 宇宙うちゅう

    universe; cosmos; space

    JLPT N3
  • 宇宙開発うちゅうかいはつ

    space development; space exploration

  • 宇宙空間うちゅうくうかん

    (outer) space

  • 大宇宙だいうちゅう

    macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos

  • 宇宙通信うちゅうつうしん

    space communication

  • 小宇宙しょううちゅう

    microcosmos; microcosm

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.