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Kotomora

住

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュウ
  • ヂュウ
  • チュウ

Kun'yomi

  • す.む
  • す.まう
  • -ず.まい

Nanori

  • し
  • じゅ
  • すみ

Meaning

住 centers on making a place one's own: dwelling, residing, living, or inhabiting a location.

Most common words using 住

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  • 住むすむ
    N5

    to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

  • 住民じゅうみん
    N3

    inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

  • 住宅じゅうたく
    N3

    residence; housing; residential building

  • 住所じゅうしょ
    N5

    address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile

  • 移住いじゅう
    N1

    migration; move; emigration; immigration

  • 在住ざいじゅう

    residing; living; dwelling

  • 住人じゅうにん
    N1

    dweller; inhabitant; resident

  • 居住きょじゅう
    N1

    residence; living (at, in); abode

  • 住じゅう
    N1

    dwelling; living

  • 住居じゅうきょ
    N2

    dwelling; house; residence; address

  • 住まいすまい
    N3

    dwelling; house; residence; address

  • 定住ていじゅう

    settlement; permanent residency

  • 原住民げんじゅうみん

    native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

  • 住職じゅうしょく

    chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

  • 永住えいじゅう
    N1

    permanent residence

  • 住まうすまう

    to live; to reside; to inhabit

  • 安住あんじゅう

    living in peace; living a quiet life

  • 衣食住いしょくじゅう
    N2

    food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life

  • 先住せんじゅう

    original inhabitant; aboriginal

  • 現住所げんじゅうしょ
    N1

    (present) address

  • 住み心地すみごこち

    (level of) comfort (in the place one lives)

  • 住宅地じゅうたくち
    N1

    housing district; residential district

  • 住宅街じゅうたくがい
    N2

    residential area

  • 住民税じゅうみんぜい

    municipal tax

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Etymology

住 combines 亻 (person) with 主, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of staying or being fixed in place.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 主, like a master of a house, settles in and makes it their home. 住 means to dwell or reside.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュウ, imagine a person dwelling in a huge, comfortable shoe: shoe -> ジュウ, and they live inside it.