Onyomi: オク · Kunyomi: や · Meanings: dealer, house, roof, seller, shop
Kanji for dealer, house, roof, seller, shop
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The kanji 屋 combines the “house” radical (尸) with a roof-like structure on top, symbolizing a building or shop. In ancient times, it represented a physical place where people lived, worked, or sold goods. 屋 came to mean house, building, or shop — a place with walls and a roof, providing shelter and purpose.
A building with a roof — 屋 means house, shop, or any enclosed place for living or work.
Picture a small building with a roof over it — that’s 屋, the kanji for house, shop, or enclosed space.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 屋 | や | shop, store, restaurant | Suffix |
| 屋 | おく | house, building | Noun |
| 屋根 | やね | roof | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 屋上 | おくじょう | rooftop | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 屋外 | おくがい | outdoors, outside | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 屋敷 | やしき | residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 屋根裏 | やねうら | attic, loft | Noun |
| 屋内 | おくない | indoors | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 家並み | いえなみ | row of houses | Noun |
| 屋根裏部屋 | やねうらべや | attic, garret, loft | Noun |