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Kotomora

室

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • シツ

Kun'yomi

  • むろ

Meaning

室 centers on an enclosed space within a building: a room, chamber, or apartment. Specialized uses like greenhouse or cellar are natural extensions of a defined interior space.

Most common words using 室

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  • 室しつ
    N1

    room

  • 教室きょうしつ
    N5

    classroom; lecture room

  • 個室こしつ

    single (room); room for one; one's own room; private room; private compartment

  • 室内しつない
    N1

    indoor; inside the room

  • 客室きゃくしつ
    N1

    guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane)

  • 寝室しんしつ
    N1

    bedroom

  • 皇室こうしつ

    Imperial household

  • 王室おうしつ

    royal family

  • 密室みっしつ

    locked room

  • 浴室よくしつ
    N1

    bathroom

  • 温室おんしつ
    N2

    greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

  • 待合室まちあいしつ
    N2

    waiting room

  • 自室じしつ

    one's own room

  • 室町むろまち

    Muromachi period (1336-1573)

  • 病室びょうしつ
    N1

    sickroom; hospital room; ward

  • 室長しつちょう

    section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

  • 和室わしつ
    N5

    Japanese-style room

  • 入室にゅうしつ
    N1

    entering a room

  • 一室いっしつ

    one room

  • 同室どうしつ

    same room

  • 別室べっしつ

    separate room; another room

  • 茶室ちゃしつ

    tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

  • 控え室ひかえしつ
    N1

    waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

  • 室内楽しつないがく

    chamber music

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Etymology

室 combines 宀 (roof) with 至, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of arriving or settling, suggesting a place where one settles under a roof.

Meaning mnemonic

Under a roof 宀, the shape 至 looks like a person arriving and settling into a room. Picture a traveler reaching their chamber and closing the door.

Reading mnemonic

For シツ, imagine a sheet hanging over the room: sheet -> シツ, and the roof 宀 is like a sheet covering the space.