室 room

On'yomi
シツ
Kun'yomi
むろ
Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
室 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

You step in under the roof 宀 and walk until you arrive 至 at the far wall — you've crossed one room.

A common word

  • 教室 きょうしつ classroom

Example sentences

  • きょうしつにせんせいがいます。

    The teacher is in the classroom.

  • やすみのひはとしょしつでべんきょうします。

    On my days off I study in the library room.

Kanji that share a part

宀 is its radical. 44 kanji share it in all.

至 is a component.

  • 屋 shop
  • 到 arrival N3
  • 窒 nitrogen N2
  • 致 doth N1