Kanji N2

泊: overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor

泊 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor, written with 8 strokes. It is read ハク (on) and とまる, とめる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 宿泊 (しゅくはく, accommodation) and 泊まる (とまる, to stay at).

泊

Meanings

  • overnight stay
  • put up at
  • ride at anchor
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1233 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハク

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

Kun reading
  • とまる
  • とめる

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

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Common words with 泊

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

  • 宿泊しゅくはく

    accommodation; lodging

    JLPT N3
  • 泊まるとまる

    to stay at (e.g. hotel)

    JLPT N4
  • 泊めるとめる

    to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up

    JLPT N2
  • 泊はく

    counter for nights of a stay

    JLPT N1
  • 停泊ていはく

    anchorage; anchoring; mooring

  • 泊まりとまり

    (overnight) stay; lodging

  • 寝泊まりねとまり

    staying the night; lodging (at)

  • 一泊いっぱく

    (staying) one night; overnight stay

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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.