roof / shop
N4- Onyomi
- オク
- Kunyomi
- や
- Stroke count
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 屋 down and you get 尸 (body / house) — the low roof of a small dwelling, and beside it 至 (arrive / reach) — an arrow come to rest on the ground. Picture a shop with a sloping roof and a lit counter inside, put 屋 inside it, and let that scene stand for "roof" — roof / shop. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 9
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9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 9 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
屋根
yane
roof
部屋
heya
room
部屋に行きます
heya ni ikimasu
to go to the room
部屋の近くです
heya no chikaku desu
near the room
屋根を使います
yaneotsukaimasu
to use the roof
屋根を買います
yaneokaimasu
to buy the roof
Example sentences (3)
雪で屋根が白くなりました。
ゆき で やね が しろく なりました。
yuki de yane ga shiroku narimashita.
The roof turned white with snow.
台風で屋根が壊れたら、すぐに直してもらいます。
たいふう で やね が こわれたら、すぐ に なおして もらいます。
taifuu de yane ga kowaretara, sugu ni naoshite moraimasu.
If the roof breaks in the typhoon, I will have it repaired right away.
部屋に机と椅子があります。
へや に つくえ と いす が あります。
heya ni tsukue to isu ga arimasu.
There is a desk and a chair in the room.