宅zhái
residence, dwelling, home; grave. 6 strokes, radical 宀, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zháiStrokes 6Radical 宀Band HSK 6Words 1
What 宅 is made of
宀 (gài, roof) and 乇 (tuō, to depend on).
宀 carries the meaning — roof — and 乇 carries the sound.
How to write 宅
Strokes 1–3 write 宀, then strokes 4–6 write 乇.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 宅
Words that use 宅
| 住宅 | residence, housing 指供人居住的房屋 新建的住宅门口立着两根柱子。Two pillars stand at the door of the new housing. Lesson 693, 新宅立柱 · 洞明经世与乐居安邦 · Clarity of Vision & Harmonious Living |
More characters with the radical 宀
All 32 of them, and what the radical means, on the 宀 radical page.