ちっ
蟄
きょ
居

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. shutting oneself up in one's house, staying indoors, living in seclusion.

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. house arrest (Edo-period punishment).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちっ
蟄
きょ
居
 蟄居 ちっきょ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hibernation of insects
ちっ.する　チツ　チュウ (Kentei 1)
tenacious, take hold, grasp
シツ　シュウ　と.る (7th, N1)
happiness, blessing, fortune
しあわ.せ　コウ　さいわ.い (3rd, N3)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)
round, full (month), perfection
まる　ガン　ま (2nd, N2)
nine
キュウ　ク　ここの (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
reside, to be, exist
い.る　キョ　お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)