# 宅

| 宅 | U+5B85, &#23429; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B85 |
| ← 宄 [U+5B84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 宆 → [U+5B86] |
| 宅 | U+FA04, &#64004; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA04 |
| ← 糖 [U+FA03] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 洞 → [U+FA05] |

## Translingual
### Han character

宅 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十竹心 (JHP), four-corner 3071$_4$, composition ⿱宀乇)

#### Derived characters

* 侘 咤 垞 姹 㤞 挓 㭦 烢 秺 䖳 詫(诧) 䤩 䯔 𥭌

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7064
* Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 913, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5B85
* Unihan data for U+FA04

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 咤 | *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 吒 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 灹 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 矺 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ |
| 奼 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 侘 | *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs |
| 詫 | *hr'aːɡs |
| 秅 | *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 秺 | *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 亳 | *blaːɡ |
| 托 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 託 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 魠 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 馲 | *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 侂 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 飥 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 仛 | *l'aːɡ |
| 虴 | *pr'aːɡ |
| 杔 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 乇 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 宅 | *r'aːɡ |
| 厇 | *ʔr'eːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *r'aːɡ): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ).

### Etymology
#### slang

    “someone who stays at home”
    Ultimately from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese お宅 (otaku); this sense developed from the influence of its orthography.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhái, zhè (zhai$^2$, zhe$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˊ, ㄓㄜˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zaak$^6$ / zaak$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zak$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): ced$^ˋ$
* Northern Min (KCR): dà̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): ték
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zeh$^7$ / da$^2$ / ta$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k / te̍k / the̍h / the̍eh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): têh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhái
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhái
*** Wade–Giles: chai$^2$
*** Yale: jái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jair
*** Palladius: чжай (čžaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhè
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^4$
*** Yale: jè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
* zhái - vernacular;
* zhè - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit宅 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂai³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂai²⁴/ /t͡sai²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sai⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂei⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂe⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sei²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sɨ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sə¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sai⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰe³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡sə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zaʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zɑʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɑ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /d͡za²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰa¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰet̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sak̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sak̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sak̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tik̚⁵/ /tʰik̚⁵/ /tʰeʔ⁵/ 厝～ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰɛiʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tɛ⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰeʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sai²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: draek
Rime :
| Character | 宅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 瑒伯切 |
| Baxter | draek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡɐk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tˤ<r>ak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*r'aːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 宅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhái |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dræk › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tˁ<r>ak/ |
| English | residence |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 宅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16929 |
| Phonetic component | 乇 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*r'aːɡ/ |

### Definitions

宅
* residence; dwelling; house; home
    住宅 ― zhùzhái ― residence
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tomb; grave
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reside; to dwell
* to place
    宅心仁厚 ― zháixīn rénhòu ― to settle the mind with benevolence and generosity
* (slang) Someone who prefers to stay at home rather than go outside; a homebody

### Compounds

* 一宅
* 上宅
* 三宅 (sānzhái)
* 三畝宅 / 三亩宅
* 乾宅 / 干宅
* 仙宅
* 住宅 (zhùzhái)
* 住宅區 / 住宅区 (zhùzháiqū)
* 住宅單元 / 住宅单元
* 住宅旅社
* 使宅魚 / 使宅鱼
* 倒宅
* 倒宅計 / 倒宅计
* 元宅
* 光宅
* 兇宅 / 凶宅
* 入宅 (rùzhái)
* 內宅 / 内宅
* 六宅使
* 冥宅
* 冢宅
* 凶宅 (xiōngzhái)
* 分宅
* 列宅
* 別宅 / 别宅
* 割宅
* 十六宅
* 十王宅
* 南北宅
* 卜宅
* 吉宅
* 合宅
* 國宅 / 国宅
* 國民住宅 / 国民住宅
* 園宅 / 园宅
* 土中宅
* 坤宅
* 塚宅 / 冢宅
* 壇宅 / 坛宅
* 外宅
* 大宅 (dàzhái)
* 奄宅
* 宅上
* 宅中圖大 / 宅中图大
* 宅兆 (zháizhào)
* 宅券 (zháiquàn)
* 宅土
* 宅地 (zháidì)
* 宅基
* 宅女 (zháinǚ)
* 宅子 (zháizi)
* 安宅
* 宅宇
* 安宅正路
* 宅家 (zháijiā)
* 宅居
* 宅屋
* 宅庫 / 宅库
* 宅延 (Zháiyán)
* 宅引
* 宅心 (zháixīn)
* 宅心仁厚
* 宅心仁慈
* 宅心忠厚
* 宅憂 / 宅忧
* 宅揆
* 宅氣 / 宅气
* 宅生
* 宅田
* 宅男 (zháinán)
* 宅相
* 宅眷
* 宅神
* 宅第 (zháidì)
* 宅經 / 宅经
* 宅者
* 宅舍 (zháishè)
* 宅身
* 宅道
* 宅邸 (zháidǐ)
* 宅配 (zháipèi)
* 宅里
* 宅門 / 宅门 (zháimén)
* 宅院 (zháiyuàn)
* 宋玉宅
* 官宅
* 室宅
* 宫宅
* 家反宅亂 / 家反宅乱
* 宮宅 / 宫宅
* 家宅
* 家煩宅亂 / 家烦宅乱
* 家翻宅亂 / 家翻宅乱
* 寧宅 / 宁宅
* 寸田尺宅
* 小宅
* 尸宅
* 尺宅
* 居宅
* 屋宅
* 帝宅
* 平價住宅 / 平价住宅
* 幽宅
* 府宅 (fǔzhái)
* 廛宅
* 廬宅 / 庐宅
* 徐宅
* 徙宅
* 徙宅忘妻
* 扣宅
* 拔宅
* 拔宅上昇 / 拔宅上升
* 拔宅飛昇 / 拔宅飞升
* 拔濟火宅 / 拔济火宅
* 捨宅 / 舍宅
* 推宅
* 故宅
* 旌陽宅 / 旌阳宅
* 旦宅
* 暖宅
* 本宅
* 枯宅
* 梵王宅
* 樏宅
* 樂宅 / 乐宅
* 檜宅 / 桧宅
* 正宅
* 民宅 (mínzhái)
* 永宅
* 泛宅
* 泛宅浮家
* 浮家泛宅
* 淨宅 / 净宅
* 深宅大院
* 漆宅
* 火宅 (huǒzhái)
* 火宅僧
* 煙波宅 / 烟波宅
* 煙霞宅 / 烟霞宅
* 燬宅 / 毁宅
* 牙宅
* 玄宅 (xuánzhái)
* 率土宅心
* 甲宅
* 田宅
* 益宅
* 監宅 / 监宅
* 相宅
* 真宅
* 眷宅
* 祖宅 (zǔzhái)
* 神宅
* 私宅 (sīzhái)
* 穴宅
* 窟宅
* 第宅
* 筮宅
* 綴宅 / 缀宅
* 肆宅
* 自宅
* 舊宅 / 旧宅 (jiùzhái)
* 西益宅
* 許宅 / 许宅
* 訶宅迦 / 诃宅迦
* 謝宅 / 谢宅
* 貧宅 / 贫宅
* 貧民住宅 / 贫民住宅
* 貴宅 / 贵宅
* 資宅 / 资宅
* 赤宅
* 農宅 / 农宅
* 連宅 / 连宅
* 遷宅 / 迁宅
* 遺宅 / 遗宅
* 避宅
* 邸宅 (dǐzhái)
* 郈成分宅
* 銅宅 / 铜宅
* 鎮宅 / 镇宅 (zhènzhái)
* 鎮宅神 / 镇宅神
* 阮咸宅
* 阮宅
* 陶令宅
* 陰宅 / 阴宅 (yīnzhái)
* 陰陽宅 / 阴阳宅
* 陽宅 / 阳宅 (yángzhái)
* 陽宅先生 / 阳宅先生
* 雲宅 / 云宅
* 靈宅 / 灵宅
* 青松宅
* 館宅 / 馆宅
* 魂不守宅
* 龍宅 / 龙宅

### References

* “宅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* home

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
* Kan-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
* Kun: うち (uchi, 宅)、いえ (ie, 宅)、すまう (sumau)、やけ (yake, 宅)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 宅
* たく Grade: 6
* on'yomi
Derived from Middle Chinese 宅 (MC draek).

#### Noun

宅(たく) • (taku)
* home
* husband

#### Alternative forms

* (honorific) お宅(たく) (o-taku)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 宅
* うち Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 宅 – see the following entry. :
| 【家うち】2 | [noun] a house [noun] one's house |
(This term, 宅, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 宅 (MC draek).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᄄᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: ttóyk) | ᄄᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: ttóyk) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 집 (Yale: cìp) | ᄐᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: thóyk) |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [tʰɛk̚] ~ [tʰe̞k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [택/텍]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 宅 (eumhun 집 택 (jip taek))
* (only in compounds) hanja form of 택 (“house; home”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 가택 (家宅, gataek)
* 고택 (古宅, gotaek)
* 구택 (舊宅, gutaek)
* 누택 (陋宅, nutaek)
* 별택 (別宅, byeoltaek)
* 사택 (私宅, sataek)
* 사택 (舍宅, sataek)
* 안택 (安宅, antaek)
* 양택 (陽宅, yangtaek)
* 자택 (自宅, jataek)
* 재택 (在宅, jaetaek)
* 저택 (邸宅, jeotaek)
* 주택 (住宅, jutaek)
* 택배 (宅配, taekbae)
* 택사 (宅舍, taeksa)
* 화택 (火宅, hwataek)

### Etymology 2

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [tɛk̚] ~ [te̞k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [댁/덱]

#### Hanja

宅 (eumhun 집 댁 (jip daek))
* hanja form of 댁 (“residence”) [noun]
* hanja form of 댁 (“a respectful term of address for someone of equal or lower status”) [pronoun]

##### Usage notes

When used in isolation, this reading is used to address others or people's houses in a polite manner.

#### Compounds

* 과댁 (寡宅, gwadaek)
* 귀댁 (貴宅, gwidaek)
* 댁내 (宅內, daengnae)
* 본댁 (本宅, bondaek)
* 사댁 (査宅, sadaek)
* 시댁 (媤宅, sidaek)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

宅: Hán Nôm readings: trạch, trãi, trại
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