室

Today’s first #kanji is #室. Its #うかんむり（宀） suggests it  has something to do with a building. The inside part 至（いたる） can mean “to reach” or “extreme.” I guess 室 can be an end of a house?

The funny thing is 室 is taught to Year 2s in Japan but 至 is not taught until Year 6. Am I the only one who thinks that strange?

Meaning: a room

室（シツ）: a room
室内（シツナイ）: the interior of a room
教室（キョウシツ）: a classroom
空室（クウシツ）: a vacant room, a vacancy, a room for rent
私室（シシツ）: a private room
令室（レイシツ）: your (his) wife (an honorific word for “wife”)
正室（セイシツ）: a lawful (legitimate) wife
側室（ソクシツ）: a concubine, a mistress of a nobleman
入室（ニュウシツ）する: to enter a room

室（むろ）: a greenhouse, a hothouse, a cellar
氷室（ひむろ）: an icehouse, an ice room

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