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宅
zhái
1. residence
2. (coll.) to stay in at home
3. to hang around at home
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宅
zhái
residence, dwelling, home; grave
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

住宅
zhùzhái
residence
HSK 6
宅配
zháipèi
home delivery
宅院
zháiyuàn
house
家宅
jiāzhái
home
居宅
jūzhái
dwelling
故宅
gùzhái
former home
民宅
mínzhái
house
旧宅
jiùzhái
former residence
豪宅
háozhái
grand residence
凶宅
xiōngzhái
inauspicious abode
卜宅
bǔzhái
to choose a capital by divination
古宅
gǔzhái
former residence
宅女
zháinǚ
female geek
宅子
zháizi
house
宅男
zháinán
male addicted to computers, computer games, adult cartoons etc (2000s Taiwan slang, derived from Japanese otaku [[御宅男]] house male)
宅经
zháijīng
one of the earliest classics about Fengshui
宅舍
zháishè
house
住宅区
zhùzháiqū
residential area
住宅楼
zhùzháilóu
residential building
宅度假
zháidùjià
staycation

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,857
Word Frequency Rank
7,645 of 84,292

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