Entry
  1. Noun

    dwelling; house; home; residence; abode; habitat

    残飯の屑は害虫の住処になる。
    Garbage harbors vermin.
  2. den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest

Also written 住みか【すみか】住家【すみか】棲家【すみか】棲み処【すみか】栖【すみか】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

Kun
す.むす.まう-ず.まい
On
ジュウヂュウチュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
270 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

じゅすみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.19The Kanji Dictionary
2021.4Four corner code
2172deroo
4f4fUnicode hex code
1-29-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
404Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
164New Nelson (John Haig)
64New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
72Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
44Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
47Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
954Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1027Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
248A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
355Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
209Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
505Morohashi
310A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
156Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
244sakade
114Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
325henshall3
283Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
377crowley
141Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
78Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
963Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu4Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place

Kun
ところ-こお.る
On
ショ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
547 of 2500
Radical
table
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-2SKIP code
4i2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2740.1Four corner code
2567deroo
51e6Unicode hex code
1-29-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1162Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
435New Nelson (John Haig)
3031New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3764Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1918Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2609Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
297Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
318Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
674A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
177Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
553Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1745Morohashi
896A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1189Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
811sakade
350Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
907henshall3
836Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
418crowley
1212Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
398Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
303Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu3, chu4Pinyin reading
cheoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level