宅 House

Radical Combination

• 宀

  Roof
• 丿

  Slide
• 七

  Seven

Meaning

Primary

House

Alternative

Home

Mnemonic

You need to go up on the roof and use it like a slide seven times to make this your house. A house isn't a home until you've slid down its roof exactly seven times, you know.

Hints

Imagine staring down at the ground as you prepare to use the roof of your house like a slide. I hope you aren't afraid of heights, because you have to do this seven times in a row.

Readings

On’yomi

たく

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you slide down the roof of your house, you end up with a tack (たく) in your butt cheek. All the roof shingles on your new home are attached with tacks, so it's honestly a miracle that you only got one tack stuck in you.

Hints

Feel the tack stab into your butt as you slide down your house's roof. Ow! Weirdly, though, it kinda makes you feel more at one with the house — like it's really your home now.