Japanese kanji 室: 教室 and 室内

The idea

室 has 9 strokes; follow the linked stroke-order diagram. Read 教室 as きょうしつ and 室内 as しつない. N4 is an estimated learning level, not an official JLPT kanji list.

Examples

• 教室きょうしつに学生がくせいが三人さんにんいます。There are three students in the classroom.
• 室内しつないはとても静しずかです。It is very quiet indoors.
• 学校がっこうの図書室としょしつで本ほんを読よみます。I read a book in the school library.
• 会議室かいぎしつは二階にかいです。The meeting room is on the second floor.
• 教室きょうしつのドアを開あけてください。Please open the classroom door.
• 教室きょうしつの黒板こくばんに字じを書かきます。I write characters on the classroom blackboard.

Watch out

Compare the shapes of 室 and 至. Read whole words: 教室 means classroom, whereas 室内 means indoors; inside a room. 室 often appears in compound room names; 部屋 is an everyday word for a room.

Try it yourself

1. Write the reading of 教室 in hiragana.

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   きょうしつ

   教室 is read きょうしつ and means classroom. In the example: There are three students in the classroom.

2. Write the reading of 室内 in hiragana.

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   しつない

   室内 is read しつない and means indoors; inside a room. In the example: It is very quiet indoors.

3. Fill in the missing kanji: ＿内（しつない）［室／至］.

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   室

   室 completes 室内, read しつない; the word means indoors; inside a room.

Use it today

Cover the table, write 室 from memory, then read 教室 and 室内 aloud. Check their readings and meanings.