Hanja Analyzer
住

住 — ju

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
살 주
Romanization
ju
English
reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
Mandarin
zhù
Japanese on'yomi
ジュウ, チュ, ジュ
Japanese kun'yomi
す.む す.まう -ず.まい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#270 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
主(주)
Unicode
U+4F4F

Parts that make up 住

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 主 임금/주인 주sound 등잔 위의 불꽃주인. ‘주’ 계열의 소리

How 住 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 住 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 主.

Korean example words with 住

  • 내주來住 Korean gloss: 옮겨 와서 삶
  • 주승住僧 Korean gloss: 절에 있는 중
  • 영주永住 Korean gloss: 한곳에 오래 삶
  • 입주入住 Korean gloss: 새집에 들어가 삶
  • 주민住民 Korean gloss: 일정한 지역에 살고 있는 사람
  • 주택住宅 Korean gloss: 사람이 들어가 살 수 있게 지은 건물
  • 주거住居 Korean gloss: 일정한 곳에 머물러 삶. 또는 그런 집
  • 동주하다同住 Korean gloss: 같은 곳에 함께 살다
  • 거주하다居住 Korean gloss: 일정한 곳에 머물러 살다
  • 안주하다安住 Korean gloss: 한곳에 자리를 잡고 편안히 살다
  • 선주민先住民 Korean gloss: 먼저 살던 사람
  • 주소란住所欄 Korean gloss: 주소를 적는 난

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 住

  • 住宅じゅうたく residence; housing; residential building
  • 住民じゅうみん inhabitant; resident; citizen
  • 住所じゅうしょ address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
  • 在住ざいじゅう residing; living; dwelling
  • 居住きょじゅう residence; living (at, in); abode
  • 住じゅう dwelling; living
  • 先住せんじゅう original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
  • 住み心地すみごこち (level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
  • 住居じゅうきょ dwelling; house; residence
  • 住宅地じゅうたくち housing district; residential district
  • 永住えいじゅう permanent residence
  • 移住いじゅう migration; move; emigration

Characters sharing the phonetic 主

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “주” in Korean.

Other hanja read “주”

Other hanja with radical 人

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