Memory phrase for the Kanji: 宿

宿

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Meaning lodge, accommodation, sheltering

Pronunciation

SHUKU
yado, yadoru

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, below: person 亻(variation of 人) and: one hundred 百 (The number 100 read from top downwards.)

Mnemonic
 
A 'roof' hosting people in hundreds is a lodge.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
人 personThe radical hito also has this writing 亻 and many variants, such as the sitting person 匕, the lying person , the tall person 大 with outstretched arms, or the husband 夫 as the tall 大 person with extra 一 caring arms, etc.
百 hundredTilt your head to the right and read: 100
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 Vocabulary

宿 やど  inn, lodging
宿る やどる  to stay at, to dwell, to remain
宿題 しゅくだい  homework
下宿 げしゅく  boarding, lodging, boarding house
宿命 しゅくめい  fate, destiny, predestination
宿泊 しゅくはく  lodging
民宿 みんしゅく  private home providing lodging

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