舎 means “building, quarters, lodging”

しゃ · sha

Also: cottage, inn, hut, house

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): やどる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シャ, セキ

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The story

A roof (人) over a raised floor and a doorway (口): picture a plain wooden lodge. 舎 is a building where people stay or study: 校舎 is a school building, 宿舎 lodgings, and 田舎, read いなか, is the countryside, houses among the rice fields (田).

Used in 田舎 (inaka, countryside), 校舎 (kousha, school building), and 宿舎 (shukusha, lodgings)

舎 means “building, quarters, lodging”

The story

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