Kanji N3

宿: inn, lodging, relay station

宿 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning inn, lodging, relay station, written with 11 strokes. It is read シュク (on) and やど, やどる, やどす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 宿 (やど, lodging) and 宿泊 (しゅくはく, accommodation).

宿

Meanings

  • inn
  • lodging
  • relay station
  • dwell
  • lodge
  • be pregnant
  • home
  • dwelling
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#701 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュク

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

Kun reading
  • やど
  • やどる
  • やどす

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 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 宿

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

  • 宿やど

    lodging; inn; hotel

    JLPT N3
  • 宿泊しゅくはく

    accommodation; lodging

    JLPT N3
  • 宿題しゅくだい

    homework; assignment

    JLPT N5
  • 下宿げしゅく

    boarding; lodging; board and lodging

    JLPT N4
  • 宿命しゅくめい

    fate; destiny; predestination

    JLPT N1
  • 民宿みんしゅく

    guest house

    JLPT N1
  • 合宿がっしゅく

    lodging together; training camp; boarding house

  • 宿舎しゅくしゃ

    lodging (house); accommodation; hotel

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.