Onyomi: タク · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: home, house, my husband, our house, residence
Kanji for home, house, my husband, our house, residence
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宅 is made from 宀, meaning “roof” or “house,” and 乇, which has the sense of being entrusted or belonging to someone. Together they show a place under a roof that is owned or settled. From this idea, 宅 came to mean a home, residence, or one’s own house.
A roof covers a place that belongs to someone. That home is 宅.
Think of a roof over a place that is yours. That personal home is 宅.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 宅 | たく | house, home | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 宅配便 | たくはいびん | express home delivery service | common Noun |
| 宅急便 | たっきゅうびん | TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport) | common Noun |
| 宅地 | たくち | building lot, residential land | common Noun |
| 宅配 | たくはい | home delivery | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 宅地建物取引主任者 | たくちたてものとりひきしゅにんしゃ | registered real-estate broker | Noun |
| 宅つ神 | やかつかみ | divinity which protects one's home | Noun |
| 宅地造成 | たくちぞうせい | residential land development | Noun |
| 宅内装置 | たくないそうち | indoor apparatus (e.g. telephone equipment) | Noun |
| 宅地造成工事規制区域 | たくちぞうせいこうじきせいくいき | housing land development construction regulated area, zoning area where residential land development is restricted in order to prevent land- and mudslides and requires approval from the prefectural governor | Noun |