房
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house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #333 U+623F
How 房 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
户 (semantic, “door”) + 方 (phonetic, fāng)
How to remember it
domicile · Heisig RSH #897
户 door + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 方
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 方 (fāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound component | fāng | square, rectangle; side; region; flag |
| 放 | fàng | to release, to liberate, to free |
| 防 | fáng | to protect, to defend, to guard against |
| 访 | fǎng | to visit; to inquire, to ask |
| 旁 | páng | side; beside, close, nearby |
| 仿 | fǎng | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if |
| 坊 | fāng | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill |
| 芳 | fāng | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous |
| 纺 | fǎng | to spin, to weave, to reel |
| 肪 | fáng | animal fat |
| 妨 | fáng | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine |
| 邡 | fāng | a district in Sichuan province |
| 彷 | páng | similar, alike; to resemble |
| 舫 | fǎng | yacht, fancy boat |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn, daybreak; to appear |
| 鲂 | fáng | bream |
| 钫 | fāng | francium |
Words containing 房
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房山区 | Fáng shān Qū | Fangshan, a district of Beijing |
| 学区房 | xué qū fáng | a residential property located within the designated catchment area of a desirable school,… |
| 平房区 | Píng fáng Qū | Pingfang, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 眼房水 | yǎn fáng shuǐ | aqueous humor |
| 公事房 | gōng shì fáng | (old) government office |
| 房地美 | Fáng dì měi | Freddie Mac, US mortgage company; formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. |
| 子房 | zǐ fáng | ovary (botany) |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],… |
| 房县 | Fáng Xiàn | Fang County or Fangxian, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei |
| 房山 | Fáng shān | see 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 房市 | fáng shì | real estate market |
| 心房 | xīn fáng | heart (as the seat of emotions); cardiac atrium |
| 二手房 | èr shǒu fáng | second-hand house; house acquired indirectly through a middle-man |
| 马房 | mǎ fáng | horse stable |
| 机房 | jī fáng | machine room; engine room; computer room |
| 阳光房 | yáng guāng fáng | sunroom |
| 花房 | huā fáng | greenhouse |
| 行房 | xíng fáng | euphemism for sexual intercourse; to go to bed with sb |
| 上房 | shàng fáng | see 正房[zheng4 fang2] |
| 分房 | fēn fáng | to sleep in separate rooms; distribution of social housing |