お宅

Japanese
Kanji in this term
宅
たく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

お宅 (hiragana おたく, rōmaji otaku)

  1. your home
  2. (personal pronoun) you
  3. (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.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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