Kanji N3

居: reside, to be, exist

居 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning reside, to be, exist, written with 8 strokes. It is read キョ, コ (on) and いる, おる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 居間 (いま, living room) and 芝居 (しばい, play).

居

Meanings

  • reside
  • to be
  • exist
  • live with
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#836 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョ
  • コ

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

Kun reading
  • いる
  • -い
  • おる

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

Watch the stroke order

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Common words with 居

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

  • 居間いま

    living room (Western style); sitting room

    JLPT N3
  • 芝居しばい

    play; drama

    JLPT N3
  • 居るおる

    to be (animate); to be; to exist

    JLPT N3
  • 居眠りいねむり

    nodding off (while sitting); dozing

    JLPT N3
  • 居住きょじゅう

    residence; living (at, in); abode

    JLPT N1
  • 住居じゅうきょ

    dwelling; house; residence; address

    JLPT N2
  • 同居どうきょ

    living together; coexistence

    JLPT N1
  • 皇居こうきょ

    Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

    JLPT N1

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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.