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宿
On'yomi
シュク
SHUKU
Kun'yomi
やど・やど.る・やど.す
yado / yadoru / yadosu
inn · lodging · relay station · dwell · lodge · be pregnant · home · dwelling
peaceful
Details
Strokes11
Frequency#701
Radical宀roof(3)
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Component Breakdown
宿=
宀佰
roof + 佰
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of roof and hundred. House lodging hundred.
Symbolism
Lodging, fate, inn. Represents place to stay.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
一宿一飯
いっしゅくいっぱん
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal; (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
風餐露宿
ふうさんろしゅく
living in the harsh outdoors; roughing it in the wilderness; enduring a difficult journey; living in the harsh outdoors
Proverbs & Idioms
宿命を受け入れる
しゅくめいをうけいれる
To accept one's destiny
To embrace what fate has determined
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
八重むぐら しげれる宿の さびしきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり
Poem #47 from Hyakunin Isshu
恵慶法師Ekyō Hōshi
10th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
さびしさに 宿をたち出でて ながむれば いづこも同じ 秋の夕暮れ
Poem #70 from Hyakunin Isshu
良暹法師Ryōzen Hōshi
11th century