# 宅 — House

Frequency rank 642 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 焼 (Bake), less common than 精 (Spirit).

- On’yomi: たく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 宀 Roof (Kangxi 40)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A roof on top, with slide and seven below — you slide down from the roof past seven rooms, landing in your house at the bottom.

In words:

- 宅 たく — house,home,husband
- お宅 おたく — (polite) your house
- 帰宅 きたく — returning home

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