房 – tassel, tuft, fringe

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#808 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 房 means tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふさ (fusa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 戶 (no. 63).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	ふさ	fusa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 戶 (Kangxi radical 63). Components: 戸・方・一・尸.

Words using 房

冷房れいぼうair conditioning暖房だんぼう(indoor) heating女房にょうぼうwife (esp. one's own wife)文房具ぶんぼうぐstationery

Example sentences

冷房が効きすぎているのですが。

How do I fix the air-conditioner?

Tatoeba #77629

うちにはちゃんとした暖房施設があります。

We have a good heating system.

Tatoeba #228248

女房の手は店員さんより一回り小さい。

My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.

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Kanji with the same radical

所戸戻扇扉

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