# 泊 stay for the night

(waterleft) + 白 (white) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes

## Onyomi

HAKU |

## Mnemonic

| Make the white devils spend the night in a wet puddle. (This inn is Japanese only! )

## Kunyomi

( に ) と＊まる | to stay somewhere overnight ★★★☆☆
( を ) と＊める | to let your friends crash at your house. ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

一泊(いっぱく) | one night's stay ★☆☆☆☆ COUNTER 一 (one) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 一泊 (one night's stay) a COUNTER for the number of nights you stay. You use this when making a reservation at a hotel. Ippaku is , of course, one night.
二泊(にはく) | to stay somewhere for two nights. ★☆☆☆☆ 二 (two) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 二泊 (to stay somewhere for two nights.)
に 宿泊(しゅくはく) する | stay the night ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 宿 (lodge at) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 宿泊 (stay the night) the act of staying the night -(kind of formal; you might read it in a hotel guidebook, but you wouldn't say "Let's 宿泊 over there, guys!"

## Synonyms

lodge 泊まる 宿泊