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

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.

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