home / residence
N2- Onyomi
- タク
- Stroke count
- 6
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 宅 down and you get 宀 (roof) — a roof stretched over the whole house. Picture a building of two storeys, a small roof sitting above a wider one, put 宅 inside it, and let that scene stand for "home" — home / residence. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 6
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は6画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 6 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
帰宅
kitaku
returning home
帰宅する
kitakusuru
to do returning home
帰宅した
kitakushita
plain past: did returning home
帰宅します
kitakushimasu
polite: do returning home
帰宅中です
kitakuchuudesu
in the middle of returning home
帰宅しない
kitakushinai
plain negative: does not do returning home
Example sentences (6)
昨日は十時に帰宅しました。
きのう は じゅうじ に きたく しました。
kinou wa juuji ni kitaku shimashita.
I got home at ten yesterday.
残業が続いて、帰宅が遅くなることが多いです。
ざんぎょう が つづいて、きたく が おそく なる こと が おおい です。
zangyou ga tsuzuite, kitaku ga osoku naru koto ga ooi desu.
Overtime keeps going on, so I often get home late.
在宅勤務の広がりにつれて、地方に移る人が増加しています。
ざいたく きんむ の ひろがり に つれて、ちほう に うつる ひと が ぞうか しています。
zaitaku kinmu no hirogari ni tsurete, chihou ni utsuru hito ga zouka shiteimasu.
As remote work spreads, the number of people moving to the countryside is increasing.
会社に在宅勤務の制度があります。
かいしゃ に ざいたく きんむ の せいど が あります。
kaisha ni zaitaku kinmu no seido ga arimasu.
The company has a work-from-home system.
留守だった場合、荷物は宅配ボックスに配達されます。
るす だった ばあい、にもつ は たくはい ぼっくす に はいたつ されます。
rusu datta baai, nimotsu wa takuhai bokkusu ni haitatsu saremasu.
If you are not home, the package is delivered to the parcel box.
在宅勤務が認められたので、通勤が週二回になりました。
ざいたく きんむ が みとめられた ので、つうきん が しゅう にかい に なりました。
zaitaku kinmu ga mitomerareta node, tsuukin ga shuu nikai ni narimashita.
Working from home was approved, so I now commute twice a week.