室
room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
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
24 of 350- 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
Study
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.