"居" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: Fifth grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. to sit Tags: kanji

Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きょ)), kyo [romanization], きよ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 居 (kjo). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=きょ}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょ|hhira=きよ}} 居(きょ) • (kyo) ^(←きよ (kyo)?)
  1. residence
    Sense id: en-居-ja-noun-E9ALT1Cw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 58 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [i] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), i [romanization], wi [romanization], [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|い|hhira=ゐ}} 居(い) • (i) ^(←ゐ (wi)?)
  1. being (in a place), sitting (in a place); a seat Derived forms: 居眠り (inemuri) (ruby: (), (ねむ)) (english: dozing while sit), 居留守 (irusu) (ruby: 居留守(いるす)) (english: pretending to be absent from home), (kurai) (ruby: (くらい)) (english: grade, rank), 鳥居 (torī) (ruby: (とり), ()) (english: torii gate; bird stand, bird perch) [literally]
    Sense id: en-居-ja-noun-Z2QidR3r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 居 meaning in Japanese (5.1kB)

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