What is the Kanji for "Lodge", "Stay", and "Overnight"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Lodge", "Stay", and "Overnight", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Lodge", "Stay", and "Overnight" is "泊".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "To".

Its onyomi reading is "Haku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The kanji "白" means "White" and can be read as "Byaku", "Haku", "Shiro", and "Shira".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "泊" mean in japanese?

"泊" means "Lodge", "Stay", and "Overnight".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

泊める: "Stay". The Japanese verb '泊める (とめる)' means 'to stay'. This verb is used to indicate that someone or something is staying or being accommodated at a certain place, such as a hotel or a person's home. For example: I will stay at a hotel tonight - (私は今夜ホテルに泊まります). She is staying with her friend - (彼女は友人の家に泊まっています).

泊まる: "Stay". The Japanese verb '泊まる (とまる)' means 'to stay'. This verb is used to indicate that someone is spending the night at a particular location, such as a hotel, inn, or someone's house. It can also be used to refer to staying overnight in a car or camping. For example: I will stay at a hotel tonight - (今夜ホテルに泊まります). Let's stay at my place - (私の家に泊まりましょう).

宿泊: "Stay". The noun '宿泊 (しゅくはく)' means 'stay'. It refers to the act of staying overnight at a hotel, inn, or other accommodation. This word is commonly used when discussing travel and tourism. For example: I need to book a hotel for my 2-night stay - (2泊の宿泊の予約をする必要がある). Hotel stay - (宿泊)

泊: "Night". The Japanese suffix '泊 (はく)' is used to indicate a period of time spent staying somewhere, usually overnight. It is attached to a number to specify the duration of a stay, for example '三泊 (みはく)' means 'three nights'. This suffix is commonly used when referring to hotel stays, business trips or vacations. Examples: I stayed for three nights - (三泊しました). Two-night stay - (二泊)

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". And The hiragana "と" is read as "to".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.