宿 — Chinese character
宿
sù, xiù
to stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation
- Pinyin
- sù, xiù
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 宀 佰
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀
- Japanese
- 宿 as a kanji
Common words with 宿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿舍 | sù shè | dormitory; dorm room |
| 住宿 | zhù sù | to stay at; lodging |
| 寄宿 | jì sù | to stay; to lodge; to board |
| 归宿 (歸宿) | guī sù | place to return to; home |
| 宿命 | sù mìng | predestination; karma |
| 民宿 | mín sù | (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension |
| 宿主 | sù zhǔ | (biology) host |
| 食宿 | shí sù | board and lodging; room and board |
| 留宿 | liú sù | to put up a guest; to stay overnight |
| 露宿 | lù sù | to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open |
| 宿舍楼 (宿舍樓) | sù shè lóu | dormitory building; measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 名宿 | míng sù | renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc) |
English words written with 宿
宿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 7
- Analects 7.26
- Analects 10.8
- Analects 12.12
- Analects 14.41
- Analects 18.7
- Art of War 12.4
- Mencius 2B.2
- Mencius 2B.11
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.