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房

房 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 座敷に附属する小さな部屋。
  2. すべて部屋の形して物を蔵するもの。
  3. 家。
  4. 花または実などの一つに群がり集まったもの。
  5. ふさの形をしたもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「戸」+音符「方」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふさJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • お
  • のぶ
  • わ
Other languages
  • 拼音fang2
  • 한글bang
  • Hán-ViệtPhòng
  • Hán-ViệtBàng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
戶(と)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+623F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸户方

Words using this kanji

  • 房ふさ（ボウ）二十八宿の一つ。東方の星宿。房宿。そいぼし。tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.)
  • 房ぼう（ボウ）二十八宿の一つ。東方の星宿。房宿。そいぼし。chamber, room, cell (prison), atrium
  • 房事ぼうじbedroom activity (of a married couple), sexual intercourse
  • 房中ぼうちゅう部屋の中。特に閨房の中。inside a room, interior of a room, inside a bedroom, interior of a bedchamber
  • 房水ぼうすいaqueous humor
  • 房藻ふさもwhorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
  • 房室ぼうしつ夫婦の寝室。 門跡家の僧坊の事務を処理する者。 子房の内腔。room, chamber, monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters, bedroom (of a married couple)
  • 房術ぼうじゅつ房中術。Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)
  • 房毛ふさげlock, tuft, tassel, feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs)
  • 房の内ぼうのうちinside of a chamber
  • 房酸塊ふさすぐりcultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
  • 房室弁ぼうしつべんatrioventricular valve
  • 房中術ぼうちゅうじゅつ閨房における男女の交合の仕方により不老長生を図る養生術。Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)
  • 房飾りふさかざりtassel, fringe
  • 房楊枝ふさようじ片方を叩いてふさ状にした楊枝。総楊枝。toothbrush made from a piece of willow frayed at one end
  • 房房したふさふさしたtufty, fringy, flocculent, fleecy
  • 房尾巻猿ふさおまきざるbrown capuchin, tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
  • 房室結節ぼうしつけっせつatrioventricular node, AV node
  • 房室中隔ぼうしつちゅうかくatrioventricular septum

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Lookup codes

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