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Kotomora

窓

window, pane

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ
  • ス

Kun'yomi

  • まど
  • てんまど
  • けむだし

Meaning

窓 centers on an opening that lets light or air through: a window or pane. It is the physical framed opening in a wall, not an abstract concept.

Most common words using 窓

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  • 窓まど
    N5

    window

  • 窓口まどぐち
    N3

    counter; window; teller window; ticket window

  • 同窓会どうそうかい
    N1

    alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

  • 窓際まどぎわ
    N1

    at the window; by the window; next to the window

  • 車窓しゃそう

    train window; car window

  • 窓辺まどべ

    by the window

  • 天窓てんまど

    skylight

  • 同窓どうそう

    being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus

  • 同窓生どうそうせい

    graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate

  • 窓側まどがわ
    N3

    window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)

  • 出窓でまど

    bay window

  • 深窓しんそう

    secluded inner room

  • 裏窓うらまど

    back window; rear window

  • 窓越しまどごし

    viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

  • 窓外そうがい

    outside a window

  • はめ殺し窓はめごろしまど

    fixed window; window that doesn't open

  • みどりの窓口みどりのまどぐち

    JR ticket office; JR ticket counter; green ticket window

  • アーチ窓アーチまど

    arched window; arch window

  • オヴァートンの窓オヴァートンのまど

    Overton window

  • ガラス窓ガラスまど

    glass window

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Etymology

窓 combines 穴 (hole, cavity) with a lower part that historically represented a window frame or lattice. The modern form uses 厶 and 心, but these are simplified shapes and do not reflect the original components.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 穴 is a hole, and below it the shapes 厶 and 心 look like a framed opening with a heart-shaped latch. Picture a window cut into a wall, with a small heart-shaped lock keeping it closed.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine looking through a window and seeing the soul (ソウ) of the house outside: soul -> ソウ, and the window reveals it.