What does kanji 塾 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 塾 is cram school.

How is kanji 塾 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 塾 are ジュク.

What is the main radical of kanji 塾?

The main radical for kanji 塾 is 土.

What words use kanji 塾?

Example words that use kanji 塾 include 塾, 塾生, 塾長, 塾舎.

JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

塾

Meaning

Kanji 塾

cram school

cram school, private school

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み: ジュク
Nanori 名乗り: -

Added to Jōyō: 1981

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1297
Strokes: 14
Radical: 土
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji: 孰 • 熟 • 䃞

Related vocabulary

Showing 21 common entries

Showing 21 of 22 entries that include this kanji.

塾

じゅく

cram school

塾生

じゅくせい

cram school student

塾長

じゅくちょう

principal of a private school

塾舎

じゅくしゃ

cram school building

塾通い

じゅくがよい

attending cram school

塾弁

じゅくべん

lunch box brought to cram school

私塾

しじゅく

private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

義塾

ぎじゅく

private school

入塾

にゅうじゅく

enrolling at a cram school

英語塾

えいごじゅく

private school for the study of English

音塾

おとじゅく

Otojuku (seen in names of establishments and activities related to music education)

家塾

かじゅく

government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は毎日塾に通っています。

He goes to a cram school every day.

私は塾で英語を教えています。

I teach English at a cram school.

今日は塾が休みです。

The cram school is closed today.

放課後、多くの生徒が塾に行きます。

Many students go to cram school after school.

塾の授業料は高いです。

Cram school tuition is expensive.