JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
屋 means roof, house, shop. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 9 strokes, read や or おく. It is built from 2 parts: 尸 (corpse, remains), 至 (climax, arrive). It appears in 部屋 (a room) and 八百屋 (greengrocer).
屋 is written in 9 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
屋 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部屋 | へや | a room |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer |
| 床屋 | とこや | barber's (shop) |
These use 尸 or 至 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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