音読み: シュク
訓読み: やど・やどる・やどす
画数: 11
部首: うかんむり（宀）
Meaning
Inn / Lodge / Dwell / Stay overnight
- 宿題 — homework
- 宿泊 — lodging
- 合宿 — training camp
- 宿屋 — inn
- 宿命 — fate
- 宿代 — accommodation fee
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- 宿敵 — arch-enemy
- 野宿 — sleeping outdoors
- 宿場 — post station (in old Japan)
宿 combines the radical 宀 (roof) with the element suggesting “person” and “hundred.” Originally, it depicted someone lying under a roof — hence the meanings related to lodging, staying, or shelter.