宿

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lodge for the night; old; former

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 11
Radical: 宀 +8
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 宿
Common rank: #904
Unicode: U+5BBF

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Formation & memory

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How 宿 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀

Components 宀佰

How to remember it

stay overnight · Heisig RSH #2074

house + 人 person + 百 hundred

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 宿

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宿城区	Sù chéng Qū	Sucheng, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市\|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu
宿州市	Sù zhōu Shì	Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
心宿二	Xīn xiù èr	Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座\|天蝎座[Tian1 xie1 zuo4]
角宿一	Jiǎo xiù yī	(astronomy) Spica
星宿海	Xīng xiù Hǎi	Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes lar…
胸无宿物	xiōng wú sù wù	open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous
八宿县	Bā sù Xiàn	Pasho, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet
二十八宿	èr shí bā xiù	the twenty-eight constellations
宿命通	sù mìng tōng	(Buddhism) recollection of past lives; wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural power…
宿务语	Sù wù yǔ	Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines
宿松县	Sù sōng Xiàn	Susong, a county in Anqing City 安慶市\|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui
双宿双飞	shuāng sù shuāng fēi	lit. to rest and fly together (idiom); fig. to live in each other's pockets; to be insepar…
一宿	yī xiǔ	one whole night; all night
温宿县	Wēn sù Xiàn	Onsu, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區\|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
宿分	sù fèn	predestined relationship
夜不归宿	yè bù guī sù	to stay out all night (idiom)
宿主	sù zhǔ	(biology) host
新宿	Xīn sù	Shinjuku, Tokyo
宿城	Sù chéng	see 宿城區\|宿城区[Su4 cheng2 Qu1]
宿命论	sù mìng lùn	fatalism; fatalistic

Sound family

These characters use 宿 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
宿 sound part	sù	to stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation
缩	suō	to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
蓿	xù	alfalfa, clover, lucerne