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宀 うかんむり: roof
Houses and rooms, and being kept safe under a roof.
Heads 24 of the 1026 kanji taught in Japanese primary school.
字源 · WHY THIS SHAPE
From a picture to 宀
- 1. The picture
A house seen from the front: the dot is the top of the roof and the sides are the eaves coming down.
- 2. A roof on top
It always sits on top, covering what is inside. Its name comes from the katakana ウ it looks like: うかんむり, “the ウ crown”.
Origins follow the commonly taught explanations. Where scholars disagree, we say so.
What the family is about
Houses and rooms, and being kept safe under a roof.
- 家house
- 室room
- 宿inn
- 守guard
When the hint fails
A few have drifted away from houses.
- 定determine
- 害harm
The 宀 family, grade by grade
Every primary-school kanji filed under 宀. Tap one to see its meaning.
Grade 2小2 · 2
家
house, home室
room, apartment
Grade 3小3 · 8
定
determine, fix実
reality, truth安
relax, cheap宮
Shinto shrine, constellations守
guard, protect客
guest, visitor宿
inn, lodging寒
cold
Grade 4小4 · 5
官
bureaucrat, the government害
harm, injury察
guess, presume完
perfect, completion富
wealth, enrich
Grade 5小5 · 2
容
contain, form寄
draw near, stop in
Grade 6小6 · 7
宅
home, house宣
proclaim, say密
secrecy, density (pop)宇
eaves, roof宗
religion, sect宙
mid-air, air宝
treasure, wealth
Family: kanji whose classical radical in KANJIDIC2 is 宀 (no. 40). KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.