Chinese symbol for “abode”

住宅

zhù zhái

residence; dwelling; abode

The closest CC-CEDICT match for abode is 住宅 (zhù zhái), defined as: residence; dwelling; abode.

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Characters and stroke order

住 zhù

to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

宅 zhái

residence, dwelling, home; grave

radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 住宅.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
居住	jū zhù	to reside; to dwell
记住 (記住)	jì zhu	to remember; to bear in mind
抓住	zhuā zhù	to grab hold of; to capture
住房	zhù fáng	housing
忍不住	rěn bu zhù	cannot help; unable to bear
豪宅	háo zhái	luxury home; mansion
住宅区 (住宅區)	zhù zhái qū	residential area; housing development
民宅	mín zhái	private residence; civilian dwelling

See also: Japanese symbol for “abode”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.