住居

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Chinese

 
to live; to dwell; to reside
to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
reside
simp. and trad.
(住居)
anagram 居住

Pronunciation


Verb

住居

  1. to inhabit; to live; to occupy; to dwell

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 3
きょ
Grade: 5
goon kan’on
 住居 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(じゅう)(きょ) (jūkyoぢゆうきよ (dyuukyo)?

  1. dwelling; house; residence; address
    Synonyms: 住宅 (jūtaku), 住まい (sumai)
  2. living at; dwelling; residing
Derived terms

Verb

(じゅう)(きょ)する (jūkyo suruぢゆうきよ (dyuukyo)?intransitive suru (stem (じゅう)(きょ) (jūkyo shi), past (じゅう)(きょ)した (jūkyo shita))

  1. (archaic) to live at; to dwell; to reside
    Synonyms: 住む (sumu), 住まう (sumau)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
す(ま)
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 住居 – see the following entry.
まい
residence, dwelling, one's shelter
life, habitation, the act of living in a place
Alternative spellings
, 住い
(This term, 住居, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

住居 (jugeo) (hangeul 주거)

  1. Hanja form? of 주거 (dwelling; abode).