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居 い.る、-い、お.る reside, to be, exist, live with 3 836 8 44 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ 会意 Compound Ideographic A humongous American flag in Florida marks the place where all the old people reside.

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キョ、コ おき, ぐ, すえ 芝居(しばい): play; drama居住(きょじゅう): residence居間(いま): living room (western style)同居(どうきょ): coexistence; living together居る(おる): (1) to be (animate); to be; to exist (2) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing) (3) (after -masu base of verb) indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions鳥居(とりい): torii (Shinto shrine archway)転居(てんきょ): moving; changing residence皇居(こうきょ): Imperial Palace居眠り(いねむり): dozing; nodding off居る(いる): (1) to be (of animate objects); to exist (2) to stay (3) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)隠居(いんきょ): (1) retirement (2) retired person 5 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)古: old 尸 3 (none) reside It is an old tradition that people plant a flag on places where decide to reside; this tradition still goes on: Antarctica, the moon: flags all over the place! cf. set (#1064).

Kanji	居
Onyomi	キョ、コ
Kunyomi	い.る、-い、お.る
Nanori	おき, ぐ, すえ
English	reside, to be, exist, live with
Examples	芝居(しばい): play; drama 居住(きょじゅう): residence 居間(いま): living room (western style) 同居(どうきょ): coexistence; living together 居る(おる): (1) to be (animate); to be; to exist (2) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing) (3) (after -masu base of verb) indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions 鳥居(とりい): torii (Shinto shrine archway) 転居(てんきょ): moving; changing residence 皇居(こうきょ): Imperial Palace 居眠り(いねむり): dozing; nodding off 居る(いる): (1) to be (of animate objects); to exist (2) to stay (3) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing) 隠居(いんきょ): (1) retirement (2) retired person
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	836
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 古: old
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	尸
Radical Number	44
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	reside
Koohii Story 1	A humongous American flag in Florida marks the place where all the old people reside.
Koohii Story 2	It is an old tradition that people plant a flag on places where decide to reside; this tradition still goes on: Antarctica, the moon: flags all over the place! cf. set (#1064).

Verb Flag Residence Living Exist Te Form Indicating