宅

たく · taku · JLPT N3 · noun

home

宅 — home

🏠 お宅 otaku literally means your home: a fan who never leaves the house

宀 on top is the roof radical; 乇 underneath supplies the old sound, taku. お宅 is a polite way to say your home, and otaku slang grew out of fans calling each other that.

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