Kanji

室

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

宀部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

むろ

Nanori (Name Reading)

いえ, むろ, や

Common Readings

シツ, むろ

Example sentences

教室 きょうしつ
休み時間に、生徒たちが教室で楽しそうに話している。

During break time, students are talking happily in the classroom.

人 にん
教室には生徒が五人います。

There are five students in the classroom.

室 しつ
教室の掃除をする。

I will clean the classroom.

図書 としょ
図書室で本を借りる。

I borrow books in the library.

室内 しつない
室内では靴を脱いでください。

Please take off your shoes indoors.

事務職 じむしょく
彼女は室内で働くのが好きなので、事務職に応募した。

She applied for an office job because she prefers working indoors.

自室 じしつ
私は毎晩自室で本を読みます。

I read books in my room every night.

寝室 しんしつ
彼は寝室の明かりを消した。

He turned off the light in the bedroom.

兼 けん
この部屋は、私の寝室兼書斎です。

This room is my bedroom and study.

部室 ぶしつ
放課後、私たちは部室に集まった。

After school, we gathered in the club room.

Example Vocabulary

教室

きょうしつ

classroom; department

室

しつ

room; chamber

室内

しつない

indoors; inside a room; interior

自室

じしつ

one's own room

寝室

しんしつ

bedroom

部室

ぶしつ

club room

執務室

しつむしつ

office; workroom; executive chamber

病室

びょうしつ

hospital room; sickroom

一室

いっしつ

one room; a room

図書室

としょしつ

library room; school library

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