Kanji N1

舎: cottage, inn, hut

舎 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning cottage, inn, hut, written with 8 strokes. It is read シャ, セキ (on) and やどる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 校舎 (こうしゃ, school building) and 田舎 (いなか, rural area).

舎

Meanings

  • cottage
  • inn
  • hut
  • house
  • mansion
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1170 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シャ
  • セキ

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

Kun reading
  • やどる

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 舎

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

  • 校舎こうしゃ

    school building; schoolhouse

    JLPT N2
  • 田舎いなか

    rural area; countryside; the sticks

    JLPT N4
  • 宿舎しゅくしゃ

    lodging (house); accommodation; hotel

  • 庁舎ちょうしゃ

    government office building

  • 舎しゃ

    hut; house

  • 兵舎へいしゃ

    barracks

  • 公舎こうしゃ

    official residence

  • 牛舎ぎゅうしゃ

    cow shed; cattle barn

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