泊
overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor
Readings
On'yomi
- ハク
Kun'yomi
- と.まる
- と.める
Nanori
- とまり
- はつ
Meaning
泊 centers on temporarily stopping in one place, especially for the night: staying overnight, lodging, or a ship riding at anchor.
Most common words using 泊
20 of 62- 宿泊しゅくはくN3
accommodation; lodging
- 泊はくN3
counter for nights of a stay
- 泊まるとまるN5
to stay at (e.g. hotel)
- 泊まりとまりN3
(overnight) stay; lodging
- 泊めるとめるN2
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
- 停泊ていはくN1
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
- 民泊みんぱく
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
- 泊地はくち
anchorage; berth
- 寝泊まりねとまり
staying the night; lodging (at)
- 外泊がいはく
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
- 素泊まりすどまり
staying overnight without meals (at a hotel, etc.); bed without board
- 梁山泊りょうざんぱく
place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
- 泊まり込みとまりこみ
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
- 泊りがけとまりがけ
staying over
- 一泊いっぱく
(staying) one night; overnight stay
- 漂泊ひょうはく
roaming; drifting about; wandering
- 宿泊料しゅくはくりょうN2
accommodation charge; room rate
- お泊まりおとまり
(overnight) stay; lodging
- お泊り会おとまりかい
sleepover; slumber party
- お泊り保育おとまりほいく
nursery school sleepover
Study
Etymology
泊 combines 氵 (water) with 白, which likely contributes the sound. The idea of a boat stopping on water led to the meanings of overnight stay and anchoring.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 and white 白 together suggest a white boat resting on calm water, tied up for the night.
Reading mnemonic
For ハク, imagine a boat anchoring in a quiet backwater cove: back -> ハク, and the boat stays overnight.