お宅

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Contents

1 Japanese
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Usage notes

Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

The honorific version of 宅 (たく, meaning home).

Noun [edit]

お宅 (hiragana おたく, romaji otaku)

your home
(personal pronoun) you

Usage notes [edit]

The slang おたく (“geek”) is written in kana, not kanji.

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