お宅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宅
たく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
御宅

Etymology

Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix, kun'yomi) +‎ 宅 (taku, “home”, on'yomi).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おたく [òtákú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ta̠kɯ̟]

Noun

お宅(たく) • (otaku)

your home
(rare) geek

Usage notes

The slang おたく or オタク (“geek”) is normally written in kana, and rarely in this kanji form.

Descendants

→ Chinese: 宅 (“homebody”)

Pronoun

お宅(たく) • (otaku)

(personal pronoun) you

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN