Onyomi: シツ · Kunyomi: むろ · Meanings: apartment, cellar, chamber, greenhouse, room
Kanji for apartment, cellar, chamber, greenhouse, room
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The kanji 室 combines the “roof” radical (宀) with a component representing a container or space below, symbolizing a room or enclosed area. In ancient times, it represented a place inside a building where people could live, work, or store things. 室 came to mean room, chamber, or indoor space, capturing safety, privacy, and shelter.
A space under a roof — 室 means room, an enclosed area for living, working, or storing.
Imagine stepping into a small room with a roof above — that’s 室, the kanji for a room or enclosed space.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 室 | しつ | room | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 室 | むろ | greenhouse, icehouse, cellar | Noun |
| 室内 | しつない | indoor, inside the room | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 室内装飾 | しつないそうしょく | interior decorating | Noun |
| 室料 | しつりょう | room rent, room rate (hotel, etc.) | Noun |
| 室温 | しつおん | room temperature | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 室長 | しつちょう | section chief, laboratory manager, office head, room monitor | common Noun |
| 室町 | むろまち | Muromachi period (1336-1573) | common Noun |
| 室内楽 | しつないがく | chamber music | common Noun |
| 室蘭工業大学 | むろらんこうぎょうだいがく | Muroran Institute of Technology | Noun |