Meanings
Noun
1. hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
2. small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth
when read as "こや"
3. one's own house
esp. しょうおく
Kanji used
small
roof
Pitch accent
Top 4000
Composed of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
Examples (19 in total)
I saw a hut in the distance.
There is a hut at the back of our house.
The hut was set on fire.