泊
泊 — Overnight stay
overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor
On’yomiハク (haku)
Kun’yomiとまる (tomaru)
Kun’yomiとめる (tomeru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 泊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿泊 | しゅくはく shukuhaku | accommodation; lodging |
| 一泊 | いっぱく ippaku | (staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental |
| 停泊 | ていはく teihaku | anchorage; anchoring; mooring |
| 泊まる | とまる tomaru | to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed |
| 泊める | とめる tomeru | to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up |
| 寝泊まり | ねとまり netomari | staying the night; lodging (at) |
Study notes
泊 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1233 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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