Keyword
house
- building
- shelter
- room
- Frequency
- #1220
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
房屋
house; building
屋
(bound form) house; (bound form) room
屋顶
roof
屋子
house; room
小屋
cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
名古屋
Nagoya, city in Japan
屋外
outdoors; outside
屋面
roof
鬼屋
haunted house
出租屋
rental unit; apartment
屋檐
eaves; roof (i.e. home)
公屋
(HK) public housing estate
茅屋
thatched cottage
屋脊
roof ridge
屋宇
(literary) house; building
咖啡屋
coffee house; café
树屋
tree house
组屋
HDB flats; public apartment flats (in Singapore and Malaysia)
爱屋及乌
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love me, love my dog.
堂屋
central room of a traditional Chinese house
同屋
roommate; to share a room
草屋
thatched hut
世界屋脊
the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原 (QīngZànggāoyuán))
黄金屋
lit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence